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THE WORTH, TALENT AND PATRIOTIS 



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JOSEPH KENT GIBBONS, 

WHO FELL IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY DURING THE GREAH 

REBELLION. 



By p. L. BUELL. 



WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NELSON SIZER. 



New York: 
SAMUEL R. WELLS, PUBLISHER, 

No. 389 Broadway. 
1868. 



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TO THE 



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WHO 

BORE THE BRUNT OF EVERY BATTLE, 

RENDERING EMINENT BUT UNDISTINGUISHED SERVICES, BRAVEI 

SUFFERING FROM WOUNDS OR PATIENTLY ENDURING HUNGER, 

INSULT AND CRUELTY IN LOATHSOME REBEL-PRISONS; 

OR WASTING AND DYING IN HOSPITALS, THUS 

GIVING THEIR PRECIOUS LIVES THAT 

THE NATION MIGHT LIVE, 

THIS -A^IFIFJECTIOIsr^^TE TI2,IBTJTE 

TO ONE OP THEIR NUMBER, IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED, 

BY THEIR FRIEND, 

THE AUTHOR. 



CONTENTS 



Introduction ...... 


. 3 


Birth and Parentage ...... 


9 


His Mother, Poetical ..... 


. 10 


Early Habits of Reading ..... 


11 


Educational Opportunities . . • . 


. 12 


Opinions respecting Poets ..... 


14 


Enters a Printing Office .... 


. 16 


" Liberty Song " ...... 


16 


"The Flag of our Union" .... 


. 17 


" To E ." Stanzas to a Sister .... 


18 


Contributions to the Press . . ,. . 


. 19 


" The Christian's Prayer " 


20 


"A Sabbath Morning" . ... 


. 21 


" Wreck of the Jeff Davis" .... 


23 


"Angel Visitants " ..... 


. 24 


Religious Conversion . . , . . 


25 


"A Simile" . 


. 26 


The Present Crisis ...... 


26 


Views of National Affairs .... 


. 27 


" Fall of New Orleans " 


28 


" The Ups and Downs of Life " . • . 


. SO 


The John Brown Song ..... 


31 


Enlistment in the Army .... 


. S3 


"Acrostic" ....... 


34 


Notes from Camp ..... 


. 35 


" Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation " 


36 


Victory . • . . . 


. 37 


Hardship of the Sick Soldier's Life 


38 


"The Soldier's Grave" 


. 39 


Last Illness ...... 


40 


" Paraphrase of the 128th Psalm "—his last Poem 


. 41 


Last Entry in his Diary ..... 


42 


Death ....... 


• 44 


Tribute by a Friend ...... 


40 


Christian Life and Death , . . • 


. 47 


Home at Last ...... 


48 



INTRODUCTION. 



The Great American Conflict condensed the history of 
ages into four years. Its history will never be written, 
never fully understood. Here and there some splendid 
name evinced its power and won immortality ; but every 
regiment, every company, had its hero. There were march- 
ing in the ranks of the great army of the Republic men of 
genius and of culture. In a single company there might be 
found men who could build and run a locomotive, who could 
edit a newspaper, teach a department in college, manage a 
commercial establishment, or conduct a cause successfully in 
a court. When patriotism inspires a people, and a holy cause 
calls them forth as in this great conflict, it is not the idle, 
the thriftless and dissolute, mainly, who make up the ranks 
of the army ; nor are they, as in old monarchies, the unwill- 
ing conscripts torn from family and from business to fight 
for a king and for a cause they may detest ; but when the 
Stars and Stripes were assailed, Avhen the nation's life was 
put in jeopardy by such a rebellion as finds no parallel in 
history, from the broad North every church and school-house 
sent its representative, every family gave up a member — 

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6 INTEODUCTION. 

some, half a dozen each — inspired by patriotism and aroused 
to valor by the dearest interests that stir the human heart. 
Whenever one of those brave patriots fell in battle, not per- 
mitted to live to see the victory which his hope predicted, 
it always gave us sadness. For we regard him as blest 
above measure, who, entering such a contest, for such a 
cause, is permitted, though maimed and crippled, to 
live to see the ensign of freedom floating again over every 
fort and field which the hand of treason and rebellion had 
grasped. He who through the battle-shock may strive and 
suffer, if he may but live to see the consummation of his 
wishes, is remunerated for every sacrifice made in the tri- 
umphant, holy cause. How many of those brave-hearted 
men pined in prisons, wasted in camps, or fell on the bloody 
field before victory was even sure ! For such, and their 
memory, let us shed a tear. The " Poet Soldier," whose 
memoirs are preserved to his relatiA^es and the few precious 
friends who were permitted to know him during his brief 
career, was among the number who, by faith, saw the fru- 
ition of their hopes, but, like the faithful Israelite who ex- 
pected to reach the Promised Land, fell in the wilderness. 
It is a precious legacy for so young a man to leave to his 
relatives and fellovz-citizens, that he had the clearness of 
perception to see the end from the beginning ; to see the 
glorious results of his sacrifices and his efforts ; to anticipate 
that which time only was required to reveal ; and thus, see- 
ing with gratitude the result, close his eyes peacefidly and 
enter upon his reward. Though his years were fcAv, his 



INTRODUCTION. 7 

noble life was not brief. Experience laid the foundation 
and faith filled up the picture ; and he, therefore, died as 
rij^ely as many a man of fourscore years. The death of 
such a one is a public loss, but his example and his precept 
shall bless the world more than many a long life. 

When it is remembered that nearly every school district 
from which the great Union army was drawn has its hero 
and its martyr, many a mother who reads the story of the 
" Poet Soldier" will see in it mirrored the qualities of her 
own beloved who gave himself that the nation might live. 

NELSON SIZER. 
New York, /Sept, 18C8. 



THE POET SOLDIER. 



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Joseph Kent Gibbons was born at Granville, Mass., Sep- 
tember 9, 1840. He was one of a family of twelve children, 
two of whom died in infancy, and seven between the ages 
of seventeen and twenty-seven. His father, James H. Gib- 
bons was a man of strong mind and sound judgment ; but 
from early life did not enjoy robust health. He had a strong 
desire to obtain an education ; and with the advantages af- 
forded him at the common school, he qualified himself for a 
teacher, and was successful in that vocation. Knowing the 
value of learning, he gave his children all the opportunities 
to obtain it which his circumstances would permit. 
. His mother's maiden name was Philura Gibbons. She 
was a woman of more than ordinary talents ; and remark- 
ably fond, from childhood, of the beautiful in nature and 
art. Her father was a farmer of moderate means, and could 
not give his daughters the advantages of an education be- 
yond that which could be acquired in the common schools 
of New England. In these schools she made commendable 
improvement in knowledge, and gained a superior educa- 
tion, considering the opportunities she possessed for acquir- 
ing it. Her father objected to her having equal advantages 
at school with his other children, because she could get her 
lessons at home without a teacher. 

She was remarkably fond of poetry and eloquence ; and 
her recitations, from the writings of distinguished poets and 
orators, at school examinations, elicited the warm commen- 
dation of such a man as Rev. Timothy M. Cooley, D.D., who, 
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10 EARLY DAYS. 

for half a century, was a kind of godfather, superintendent 
and visitor of the common schools of his parish in East 
Granville. She taught school several terms with admirable 
success ; and only left a calling that she loved and honored, 
to assume the most responsible of all positions a woman can 
hold ; namely, that of wife and mother. 

It has been said, that " the poet is born, not made ;" and 
the subject of this sketch inherited from his mother that 
native poetic talent which entitles him to an elevated place 
on Mount Parnassus. His talent for poetry was born in 
him, and he wrote, not for the purpose of gaining the ap- 
plause of his fellows, but from an inspiration or mental ne- 
cessity laid upon him. 

His birth-place was on the eastern slope of the Green 
Mountain range, commanding a view of that part of the 
valley of the Connecticut River lying between the cities of 
Hartford, Conn., and Springfield, Mass. The view from this 
jlevated place is exceedingly beautiful, and well calculated 
to excite the imagination of one whose mind was delighted 
with the beauties of nature as seen in the variegated land- 
scape. 

His father was a tiller of the soil ; but notwithstanding 
the necessity that his children should labor for their sup- 
port, he gave them all the encouragement and aid in his 
power to acquire an education. Joseph, though taught to 
perform the usual duties on a farm, never took delight in 
them. At an early age, when engaged in work that did not 
require mental action, his thoughts would revel in the realms 
of science and philosophy, and he would forget that he was 
toiling with his hands in the field. He always intended to 
be faithful in the performance of the duties assigned him on 
the farm ; but his habit of imagination, thought or absence 
of mind, would sometimes cause him to leave the " bars 
down" which separated the cattle from the corn-field; and 
a damaged crop was the consequence. When reprimanded 
for the neglect, he would regret the error, and excuse him- 



EARLY DAYS. 11 

self by saying, that he forgot to do his duty, because his 
mind was engaged in reflecting upon a j^assage he had re- 
cently been reading in one of Shakspeare's plays. With a 
mind thus constituted, it became evident to his father that 
he never would excel in the occupation of a farmer ; and he 
encouraged him to qualify himself for teaching. After hav- 
ing attended fifteen terms at the common school in his na- 
tive district (commencing at the age of four years), he, in 
the winter of 1856-57, being then sixteen, attended a select 
school at Granville Corners, taught by Martin Tinker Gib- 
bons. At this school he was noticed for diligence in his 
studies, a quiet, unobtrusive deportment, and an ardent de- 
sire to improve his mind. At the close of the winter term 
he resumed his labor on the farm, and continued it through 
the summer. He commenced a private diary, February 27, 
1856, and continued it till December 8, 1862. This led him 
to put his thoughts on paper with readiness, and was the secret 
of his ability in writing for the press. The following passage 
in his diary of April 27, 1857, shows his love of the beautiful ; 

" About three o'clock in the afternoon, at the closing of a 
rain-storm, there was seen a rainbow ; which I consider one 
of the most beautiful, soul-enlivening sights ever presented 
by Nature to mortals while shrouded in this form of clay." 

In the month of May, in the same year, he wrote : 
" This is a pleasant and beautiful evening. The moon is 
now shedding her silvery beams upon earth, and bringing 
to light many objects which otherwise must have been 
shrouded in night's gathering gloom. It is sweet and ele- 
vating to sit and muse upon the beauties of such an evening ; 
and, I think, as did a certain writer, that there is more to be 
learned from nature than from books, because books are 
liable to mistakes, and often lead the inquirer after truth 
astray ; but nature, if interrogated by the enlightened and 
truly refined indi^ddual, 

' Leads in willing chains the wondering soul along/ 



12 EARLY DAYS. 

until it has arrived at some great and important truth. I 
think few have greater respect for books than myself; still, 
they have their origin in, and their foundation upon, the 
laws of nature. I say this of the scientific and philosophical 
works which have been written from time to time ; and I 
say it, not because I love books less, but nature more." 

On the following fourth of July he showed his love of 
books, as he states in his diary, by purchasing Milton's 
" Paradise Lost," together with the poems of Pindar and 
Anacreon. On the 12th of the same month he says : 

" I have been reading ' Paradise Lost,' which more than 
fills my expectations, and as far as grandeur and sublimity 
are concerned, far surpasses any work I ever read." 

He spent the summer of ISoV in labor and reading, and 
attended the Select School at Granville Corners the suc- 
ceeding winter, under the same teacher as the year previous. 
In the winter of 1858-9, he attended a select school in East 
Hartland, Ct., and had for his instructor Rev. Mr. Hall, the 
Congregational clergyman of that place. From the tone 
of his diary during the term, he spent at this school, it 
appears that he was well pleased with his teacher and the 
course of study that he pursued. He wrote several essays 
for a paper called The Acorn, conducted by the members of 
the school, which exhibited originality of thought and a 
vivid imagination. At the close of the term, February 18, 
1859, he made the following entry in his diary : 

" Think, on the whole, that I have made very good pro- 
gress in my studies the past winter — have been through with 
astronomy and rhetoric, both of which were new to me, and 
commenced to read Latin." 

He left school for home, and to labor on his father's 
farm during the spring and summer ; but he did not lay 
aside his books or relinquish his studies. Every mornent 



EARLY DAYS. 13 

not devoted to labor, innocent amusement, or social inter 
views with relatives and friends, was improved in reading 
and study. In this manner he contained to improve his 
mind while he was engaged in tilling the soil. Only a few 
days after the close of the school, he made record in his 
diary of visiting the bookstore nearest to his home, which 
was eleven miles distant, in the town of "VVestfield, Mass., 
and of purchasing Young's " Night Thoughts." The day 
after he purchased this book he wrote : " Passed the day in 
study and doing chores." On the 15th of March he wrote : 
" The day has been rainy, and my time was passed princi- 
pally in reading Blair's ' Lectures on Rhetoric' " A short 
time after this, he said : " Rain fell from morning till night 
without intermission ; consequently, I spent the day in the 
perusal of some of my favorite authors." He was a diligent 
student of the Bible, and generally attended religious ser- 
vices. Sunday, April 3, 1859, he wrote : " Weather stormy ; 
did not attend church ; passed the day at home in the perusal 
of the Scriptures." He had a retentive memory, and re- 
flected much on what he read. He also had the faculty of 
just criticism. On Friday, April 22, 1859, he wrote as follows : 

" Finished my first perusal of " Night Thoughts," with 
which work I have been agreeably entertained. It contains 
many original and startling proofs of the immortality of the 
soul ; some sublime passages ; a good many beautiful met- 
aphors, and one simile, in Night 544, that would do honor 
to any poet." 

Soon after this he took up Burns' poems, and ou Saturday, 
June 3, 1859, the following occurs in his diary : 

" Finished reading the poetical works of Burns, and, on 
the whole, have been highly delighted with them. My 
slight knowledge of the Scottish dialect, in which nearly 
half of the poems arc written, doubtless deters me from 
perceiving many of the beauties of this world-famed poet. 
T have received more pleasure from reading ' The Cotter's 



14 EARLY DAYS. 

Saturday Niglit,' whicli I consider this author's master- 
piece, than from any other poem, of its length, I ever read." 

Shakspeare was his favorite author, still he took time to 
read the writings of poets of less fame. On Sunday, August 
14, 1859, he made an entry in his diary as follows : 

" Finished reading Pollok's ' Course of Time,' which, on 
the Avhole, I like very well. Many parts of the work failed 
to make a very favorable impression upon my mind at the 
first perusal. Indeed, I have little doubt that this would be 
the case if I were to read it often. I think the fifth and 
seventh books better than the rest. They contain the most 
beautiful and sublime passages to be found in the work, 
too-ether with some vivid descriptions and ennobling senti- 
ments." 

He seemed, at this early age, to appreciate scientific truth 
as well as poetry and imaginative writings. The following 
passage from his diary of August 24, 1859, contains some 
hints to scientific writers and lecturers, to which they would 
do well to give heed : 

" Have read a few copies of the Daily Republican, which 
contain the theories of the American Scientific Association 
which assembled in Springfield a short time since to discuss 
their favorite topics. Some of their facts and conclusions 
are quite entertaining and appear plausible, but my ignor- 
ance of the subjects they treat upon, together with their 
frequent use of technical terms, of which they seem unusu- 
ally fond, deters me from fully appreciating many of their 
theories, which otherwise, doubtless, would be both instruct- 
ive and entertaining." 

He had no taste for cruel sports, as v/ill be seen from the 
following extract from his diary of November 23, 1859 : 

" Went to a hen and turkey shoot, which is the first 
amusement of the kind that I ever attended, and it is likely 



EAELY DAYS. 15 

that it will be the last, as it failed to leave a pleasing im- 
pression on my mind." 

These extracts from his diary during the spring, summer 
and autumn of 1859, are given to show how he improved 
his time during the long school recess, and we shall close 
them by giving his views of Byron as penned by him, De- 
cember 3d : 

"I have read nearly all of Byron's poems, and have been 
fascinated with them. I consider Byron second to no mod- 
ern poet but Shakspeare, and ' Childe Harold ' the most 
sublime, and ' The Bride of Abydos ' the most beautiful, of 
his poems." 

During the winter of 1859-60, he attended a select school 
at Granville Corners, Mass., and had for instructor Mr. 
Griffin. Daring the term, he manifested his usual zeal in 
the prosecution of his studies, and made commendable pro- 
gress. 

The following summer he spent on the farm, and nothino" 
of special interest occurred. His mind was continually at 
work while his hands were engaged in toil, and his leisure 
moments were improved, as they had been in previous 
years, in reading and study. 

In the autumn of 1860, he engaged to teach a school in 
one of the districts in Granville, but circumstances over 
which he had no control induced him to relinquish the 
undertaking ; and during the winter of 1860-61, he attended 
a select school at Granville Corners, and had for teacher 
Mr. M. B. Whitney. As he was now in his twentieth year, 
he naturally enough looked forward to some occupation 
which would be congenial to his taste. He had a strong 
desire to avail himself of the advantao-es of a coUes-iate 
course of study, but after due deliberation he abandoned 
the idea, and concluded, wisely, to enter a printing-office, 
where a necessity would be laid upon him to exercise his 



16 EARLY DAYS. 

mental powers, and an opportunity given him to improve 
his talent for writing, by the stimulating process of putting 
his thoughts m print in the pages of a public journal. 

In accordance with this decision, he entered the office of 
the Westfield jVews Letter in April, 1861. His object was to 
prepare himself to edit a paper ; and he deemed it judicious 
to learn the art of type-setting. His habits of accuracy, in 
whatever business he attempted to perform, enabled him in 
a short time to set a column of matter with less typographi- 
cal errors than most compositors who had served an appren- 
ticeship of three years at the business. He had been in the 
office but a few days, when our nation was thrilled with ex- 
citement by the news that Fort Sumter, which was com- 
manded by the gallant Anderson, had been bombarded by 
the secessionists, under Beauregard, and had surrendered to 
the usurpers. This occurrence inaugurated the era of civil 
w^ar in our nation, and fired the minds of all patriots with 
enthusiasm for the Union and for Freedom. Mr. Gibbons 
at once engaged in the Union cause, and, at first, thought 
only of using his pen for the upholding of the supremacy 
of the Government. His patriotic spirit was animated by 
the crisis, and he wrote the following lines, which w^ere pub- 
lished in the Evening Daily Bulletin^ issued at the News Let- 
ter office, on the 27th of April, 1861 : 

LIBERTY SONG. 

"God save our Union !" let us sing; 
And wliile our notes spontaneous ring, 
Let each tlieir clioicest offering bring 

To Freedom's holy altar ! 
Our Stars and Stripes are overshaded ; 
How have their former glories faded ! 
Our very hearth-stones are invaded ! 

Then rise and never falter ! 
Shall rebel hordes of reckless traitors, 
Our " Southern Arnold's " imitators, 
Of fiendish broils the foul creators, 

Infringe our sacred right ? 



IN A PRINTING OFFICE. 17 

No ! Union, Justice, Liberty, 
Our watchword evermore shall be ; 
Then let us make our Nation free, 
Or fall in Freedom's fight ! 

Our poet was modest and iinassuraing, as is usually tlic 
case v,dtli true genius ; and not having arrived at majority, 
adopted the signature, " By a Minor," for his first poetic 
effusions that appeared in print. He wrote only when his 
mind seemed to be under the influence of an unseen agency, 
and then words came to him unbidden. On the 5th of June, 
after there had been a season of flag-raising in Westfield, as 
there had also been through all the loyal States, the follow- 
ing, from his pen, appeared in the Neivs Letter : 

THE FLAG OF OUR UNION. 

Hail to the Flag that so proudly floats o'er us ! 

Hallowed and loved be the land where it waves ; 
Still may false traitors and foes crouch before us, 
Nor wantonly trample our forefathers' graves. 

Justice and Liberty, 

Rising in dignity, 
Soon shall assert o'er this nation their claim ; 

Sumter and Baltimore 

Blush that our brothers' gore. 
Shed in their precincts, consigns them to shame. 

Ihen wave, thou fair Banner, on Liberty's Tree ! 

Before whom the tyrants of Europe oft trembled ; 
Still guard thou the land of the sage and the free, 
From the foes who disdain it, with treason assembled : 

So our country again 

Shall respire from its pain. 
And sing the glad conquest that rendered her free ; 

And Slavery's strong band 

Shall be rent in our land, 
While proud despots tremble at Heaven's just decree. 

From the outbreak of the war, he was firm in the belief 
that it would end in the emancipation of the slaves, held in 
cruel bondage by the men who sought to strike, with the 



18 ' EAULY DAYS. 

bold arm of war, a deatli-blow to free government in Amer- 
ica. This idea is embraced iu the last lines of the foregoing 
poem. In that early stage of the war, few supposed that 
the freedom of the slaves would result from the sanguinary 
conflict ; but his prediction, that — 

" Slavery's strong band 
Shall be rent in our land," 

has proved literally true ; and the rulers of Europe, in con- 
sequence of the triumph of freedom in America, now trem- 
ble for the perpetuity of their des2:)0tic institutions. 

When quite young, Mr. Gibbons lost a beloved sister. 
Time could not obliterate her memory ; and in the News 
Letter of July 3, 1861, the following stanzas appeared, ad- 
dressed 

TO E . 



Sweet Sister ! tliougb long years have sped. 

Like meteors of the night. 
Since o'er thy lone and narrow bed 

Grim Death first claimed his right. 
Still does thy cherished mem'ry shed 

A halo of delight. 

Thy fairy form's angelic air. 
Endowed with childhood's grace. 

Is blent with all that's sweet and fair 
Which Time can ne'er efface, 

And hovers round my heart to share 
A lonely dwelling place. 

How dark and drear life's path has been. 
Since childhood's years have flown ; 

How deeply tinged with grief the scene 
Which Fortune made my own ; 

Till humbled by this haughty Queen, 
I bow before her throne. 

But, ah ! how soon life's sorrows flee, 

When thy loved form appears. 
Which, dear as heaven itself to me, 

This present life endears. 



IN A FEINTING OFFICE. 19 

And robs the dark futurity 
Of its most hideous fears. 

Then let thy presence hover near. 

To glad my longing eye ; 
And when this frame shall press the bier, 

My spirit soaring high 
Shall, joined by thee in concert dear, 

Ascend its native sky. by a minok. 

Mr. Gibbons did not confine his pen to the construction 
of measured lines, but frequently wrote prose articles of 
real merit. The following, which appeared in the News 
Letter of July 17, 1861, will give the reader a pretty good 
idea of the style of his prose productions : 

" We have long believed that ' a wise foe is better than a 
stupid friend,' according to the old Arabian proverb ; but 
have never seen it so fully exemplified as in the present 
crisis of our national affairs, in which the mere casual 
observer cannot fail to perceive that the stupid friends of 
slavery have done more within the last six months by their 
rash and treacherous measures to undermine their cherished 
institution, than the whole concentrated force of abolition- 
ists have accomplished during the past half century. Truly, 

" ' God works in a mysterious way, 
His wonders to perform,' 

and in the present instance is employing the Southern fire- 
eaters, merely as tools, to work out their own destruction 
and the liberation of our sable brethren from their galling 
servitude. 

" For none can fail to observe that the present contest is 
between freedom and- slavery, government and anarchy ; 
and he who now hesitates to assist in quelling rebellion is 
totally destitute of true patriotism ; nay, more, is an acces- 
sory to the most hollow-hearted treason that ever blighted 
the most benighted ages of the world. No true patriot will 
now stop to inquire the cause of this outbreak, it is enough 



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that the outbreali exists ; and our business is to inquire, noL 
how it originated, but how it can be most speedily put down. 
Who, for instance, on hearing that all which he possessed, 
together with the lives of his nearest and dearest friends, 
was imperiled by a conflagration, would pause to inquire 
how such a disaster was produced, and whether it might 
not have been avoided if attended to in season? Is the 
present crisis an aifair of less moment ? Most emphatically 
uot. For not only all our possessions and lives are endan- 
gered, but the model of all earthly governments is on the 
verge of extinction, unless speedy and effectual measures 
are taken for its restoration. 

" Then let us rouse ourselves to the herculean task of 
defending our country against its traitorous assassins, and 
wash the stain of slavery from our nation's honor, if need 
be, with the blood of the Southern rebels. Much has already 
been done on the part of the Government, but more still 
remains to be accomplished ; for, although the rebels are 
dispossessed of many of their strongest fortifications, and 
becoming greatly intimidated in consequence of it, still we 
can never hope for a permanent peace until an entire sub- 
mission is made by the rebels, and their ring-leaders are 
given up to the Government as a pledge of their future 
loyalty." 

His mind dwelt much upon the future life, and the meet- 
ing of loved ones in that land where sickness and death 
never enter, and where partings and farewells are unknown. 
The last verse in the following hymn, shows that he had a 
foretaste of heavenly joys in the presence of the " Father 
of Love," and "the friends of other days." It was pub- 
lished July 31, 1861 : 

THE CHRISTIAN'S PRAYER. 
Father of Love ! on Thee I call 

To guide my steps in Wisdom's way ; 
■ Oil ] grant that I may never fall 

Beneath Temptation's crushing sway. 



IN A FEINTING OFFICE. 21 

But may Thy influence divine 

Dispel the storms that whelm me round — 

Dark Vice to her own realm consign, 
And widen Virtue's narrow bound. 

Though nameless ills have o'er me fled, 

And left their footprints on my brow. 
Still Thou canst raise the drooping head 

If to Thy will it deigns to bow. 

Thug shielded by Thy sov 'reign power, 

My earthly pilgrimage shall seem 
A foretaste of Thy heav'nly bower, 

Where bliss eternal reigns supreme. 

And when death's joyful hour shall come. 

And set my uncaged spirit free ; 
Oh ! waft me to Thy hallowed home. 

Beyond the storms that sweep life's sea. 

There, rapt in sweet communion dear. 
With saints — the friends of other days. 

This heart shall still Thy worth revere. 
These lips still murmur grateful i)raise. 

BY A MINOR. 

The sons of the Puritans were educated to observe the 
Sabbath day, and " keep it holy." Our poet was a lover of 
the Sabbath, not as a day of bodily rest merely, but as a 
time to hold communion with the "Author" of this hal- 
lowed day. With this mental inspiration, it is not strange 
that he should have penned the following lines, published 
Sept. 11, 18G1 : 

A SABBATH MORNING. 

A cloudless morn succeeds the vanished night, 
And breathes a holy fragi'ance through the air ; 

All nature smiles, enraptured with delight. 
And basks serenely in the sun's bright glare ; 

The very trees a sacred influence share. 
And wave in adoration to their God, 

Whose praise the birds in carols sweet declare ; 
While spires, at distance, mark the hallowed road 
That leads to " heaven of heavens," our Sire's sublime abode. 



22 EAELY DAYS. 

Now, pensive Nature, draped in robes serene, 

Breathes tlirougli her hushed domains a pensive prayer 
To Him who framed this heaven-inspiring scene, 

His gracious worth and goodness to declare — 
Of immortality let none despair, 

Where'er we turn it glows with living fire. 
And warns frail man to flee temptation's snare 

In tones as sweet as flowed from David's lyre — 

Of gifted bards of old the true poetic sire. 

Who has not felt this soul-entrancing theme 

Inspire his bosom with devotion's fire ? 
Whose heart not echoes the inspiring hymn. 

Rapt Nature chants to her Eternal Sire ? 
Till lifted on the wings of chaste desire 

Th' enraptured spirit spurns at earthly joys. 
And yearns for scenes where bliss doth ne'er expire — 

Where neither time, nor moth, nor rust destroys, 

Nor bitter poisonous dregs life's sweetest cup alloys ? 

I thank thee. Author of this hallowed scene, 
That Thou has decked me in an earthly mould. 

To live and suflTer with the sons of men 

A few brief years, then pass to realms unknown. 

Where Thy superior wisdom shall unfold 

With splendor that doth human thought excel ; 

And though I may not Thy design behold. 
In lodging me in this terrestrial cell, 
Still will I trust in Thee, and rising doubts dispel. 

The following item appeared in the News Letter of Sep- 
tember 11, 1861 : 

" In the present issue we publish the last of a series of 
poetic effusions ' By a Minor,' as the author has recently 
outgrown his minority, and will publish his future contribu- 
tions over the signature of J. K. G." 

His first contribution under his new signature, was on the 
23d of October, 1861. It will be remembered that the rebel 
steamer, Jeff Davis, was lost at sea, and this occurrence 
called out the following appropriate stanzas : 



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WRECK OF THE JEFF. DAVIS 

Tlie dauntless steamer swept tlie tranquil deep, 

And deemed lier fame uplifted to the skies ; 
For winds had lulled the waves to calmest sleep, 

And conscious Nature, rapt in vague surmise, 
Beheld false traitors spurn her precepts wise. 

And is it thus, O righteous Heav'n ! that they 
Who grossly trample Friendship's holiest ties, 

Receive thy gracious smile's approving ray 
To gild their path to shame, and shield them from dismay ? 

But hark ! with frightful swell the biUows rise, 

And spread a direful consternation round ; 
The freighted ship heeds not men's feeble cries, 

But, plunging o'er the waves with desp'rate bound, 
Reels— falls — and sinks amid the deaf 'ning sound ! 

The wretched thieves their boasted prize disdain. 
And dream no more of conquest, laurel-crown'd ; 

Some reach the shore, some sink beneath the main. 
While Nature, thrilled with joy, thu« swells th' exulting strain. 

" Sound the loud anthem, O Land of the Free ! 
For the proud boast of tyrants lies whelmed in the sea. 
Who now shall dare question the justice of Heaven, 

And tarnish with doubts her immutable laws ? 
For awhile tho' Vice triumphs, ere long it is riven. 

And expires in the web its own treachery draws. 
Exult then in triumph, and raise the glad song 
To Him who has sundered the power of the strong. 

" Awaken, fair Freedom's memorial band ! 
And know thy proud heritage ever shall stand. 
For as souls are bedimmed by the clay that encumbers, 

But flash forth to view from the door of the tomb ; 
So Liberty's fire never dies, but oft slumbers, 

To awake and the hour's darkest peril relume. 
Then swell the loud anthem in praise to thy Maker, 
Thy country is His, and He ne'er vv^iil forsake her. 

" Arouse, ye invincible sons of the brave ! 
Assert the proud honor your forefathers gave ; 



24 EARLY DAYS. 

And your sires who repose 'neatli tlie clods of the valley, 
Shall hear the sad tale of your national blight. 

And straight in the van of your legions will sally, 
And marshal to victory. Truth and the Right ; 

Then on to the conflict, ye sons of the brave ! 

And j)reserve the rich blessings your sires died to save." 

J. K. G. 

The doctrine that the spirits of our departed friends take 
cognizance of what is transpiring on earth, has been inves- 
tigated by many men of sound minds of late years. The 
Bible is quite plain on this topic, and those who have ex- 
amined the subject candidly and without prejudice, believe 
that the spirits of the dead have knowledge of what is trans- 
piring on earth. The following, as well as some other poems 
by Mr. Gibbons, shows that this subject had not escaped 
his notice. It was first published Dec. 25, 1861 : 

ANGEL VISITANTS. 

When the day has taken its mystical flight 

To distant realms mAnown, 
And the mournfully-pensive, mysterious night 

He-ascends her sable throne, 
And her vassal, Sleep, that magician wild, 

Whose sway extends o'er all, 
Conjures to the view of the fondly beguiled 

Their destiny's rise or fall : 

Then the kindred spirits of by-gone days— 

New-robed in seraphic attire. 
And illumed by the sweetly-endearing rays 

That innocence only can wear — 
Descend en their missions of mercy benign 

From Heaven's enchanted bound. 
To the halls where their long-severed kindred recline, 

Which their presence makes holy ground. 

First, the mother that watched o'er my childhood days 

With a seraph's tender care, 
And taught me in treading life's thorny maze 

To avoid temptation's snare ; 



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And stiU true to her trust as in days of yore, 

While my longing spirit tlirills 
To join her again on the heavenly shore, 

Thus her message of love instills : 

" Still yearns my son in the spirit world 

To rejoin his kindred band, 
And revel in glory our Maker unfurled — 

The chief work of His master hand ? 
Await, then, His time ; and a few brief years 

Will summon you home to rest, 
Where Virtue and Happiness ever endears 

Our glorified land of the blest ! 

" Nor murmur that life's fairest day is o'ercast 

With sombre clouds of care — 
That misery's poignant and pitiless blast 

O'erwhelms the crushed soul in despair ; 
For the stormy ills that enshroud life's day 

With a dark, sepulchral gloom. 
Refine and temper its cumbrous clay 

For the world beyond the tomb," 

Then follow in concert the household train 

With their lessons of truth s'ublime. 
Which sink in my soul, and ever remain 

To guide it through earth's dark clime ; 
For as Heaven's most distant stars may cease. 

And their light thro' long years still gleam ; 
So the precepts thus taught, tho' their authors surcease, 

Through memory's portal shall stream. 

J. K. G. 

Up to the winter of 1862, Mr. Gibbons, though a model 
of goodness and morality, as far as human judgment could 
decide, had not met with that change of mind which can 
only be explained by those who have realized it. The Scrip- 
tures declare it a mystery ; and our Great Teacher said : 
" The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the 
sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh or whith- 
er it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit." He 
attended public worship on the Sabbath at the Second Con- 
gregational Church in Wostfield. This church was then uu- 
2 



26 EAELY DAYS. 

der the pastoral care of Rev. J. S. Bingham, who was one 
of the few who believe that it is possible for every religions 
society to enjoy a constant revival. For this he labored, 
and, during a ministry of about six years in Westfield, was 
wonderfully blessed. Mr. Gibbons was one of his converts. 
In March, 1862, he wrote the following lines, which seem to 
be a transcript of his feelings, after having experienced the 
joys of the " new birth ;" 

A SIMILE. 

With what a soul-reviving power, 

Fair Spring in gorgeous robes arrayed. 
Descends to dress her vernal bower 

With flowers that deck each rural glade. 
From long confinement Nature springs, 

Beneath the bonds of winter riven. 
And wafts on adoration's wings 

Rich wreathes of incense up to heaven. 

So when the light of heaven pervades 

The soul that long in darkness dwelt. 
And every grosser feeling fades 

Before the throne at which it knelt — 
With joy the new-born spirit glows 

To see the power of darkness riven, 
And finds its " inner life " bestows 

The bliss which makes this earth a heaven. 

The views of Mr. Gibbons in relation to the war, were 
comprehensive, and showed that his mind had dwelt upon 
the subject. We give his ideas of the " Crisis," as published 
in the News Letter of May 7, 1862, as follows : 

THE PRESENT CRISIS. 

" Among the multifarious conjectures which the present 
rebellion awakens in every reflecting mind, by far the most 
important one, we imagine, may be expressed in the follow- 
ing brief interrogatory, * Can a Free Government exist V 
In other words, have we, as a nation, arrived at that stand- 
ard of moral and intellectual excellence which will enable 



IN A PRINTING OFFICE. 27 

US to govern ourselves, or must we acknowledge our ineffi- 
ciency in this respect, and submit the reins of government 
to the hands of despotic rulers ? Upon the solution of this 
question suspends the destiny not only of our own nation, 
but of the whole civilized world. For if our great and glori- 
ous nation is doomed to the utter ruin which would inevit- 
ably follow the success of this treasonous rebellion, what 
foreign nation would henceforth dare to hazard the experi- 
ment of a free government for fear of a like result ? 

" All who are conversant with our own history must be 
conscious of the fact that England sneered at our theory of 
a republican form of government ; and that France enabled 
us to acquire and support it, not from any real sympathy 
for the cause, but from purely selfish motives resulting from 
her inveterate hatred to England and jealousy of its supe- 
rior naval power ; and both of these nations, it is highly 
probable, anticipated our downfall at no very distant pe- 
riod ; and should their prophecy prove well founded, and 
the success of this gigantic and unholy rebellion plunge us 
into irretrievable ruin — 

*' * How will posterity the deed proclaim ! 
Will not our own and fellow-nations sneer, 
Wliile Scorn her finger points through many a coming year ?' 

" But we are persuaded, however, that better things are 
in store for us. England and France dare not interfere in 
behalf of the Southern Confederacy for fear of a rebellion 
by their own subjects ; while the battle-fields of Donelson, 
Pea Ridge, Shiloh and New Orleans — to which future gen- 
erations will proudly advert as the foot-prints of a mighty 
nation struggling for human freedom — have demonstrated 
the exhaustless resources of the Government, the daring in- 
trepidity of our soldiers, the invincibility of a just and 
righteous cause, and, above all, the strong and overruling 
hand of Providence bearing and directing us on to future 
happiness and prosperity. Secessionism, determined to per- 



28 EARLY DAYS. 

ish in the Red Sea of a just retribution rather than forego 
its miserable traffic in human chattels, is already tottering 
on the very brink of destruction, and soon to take its final 
plunge into utter nothingness." 

On the 26th of April, 1862, New Orleans, thought to be 
impregnable by the rebels, fell before the prowess of the 
Union forces, led by Porter, Farragut and Butler. This 
was a fearful blow to the then waning fortunes of the lead- 
ers of the " Great Rebellion," and a fine theme for our poet. 
Under the inspiration which the fall of this city furnished, 
he wrote the following poem, which was published May 
28, 1862 ; 

FALL OF NEW ORLEANS. 

lu that far off Southern region 

Where the woes of slaves are legion, 
Where the mighty Mississippi pays its tribute to the mala — 

Calmly sleeps the Cresent City, 

Guarded by her fierce banditti. 
While the evening wide extends her heavenly pensive reign — 

Starts in fright — then sleeps again. 

Ah ! for years the bitter wailing 

Of these slaves, their griefs detailing, 
Rose from thence just heaven assailing with its plaint for freedom dear ; 

But their masters' hearts were rigid — 

Moral feelings had grown frigid. 
Blighted by that institution which doth generous feelings sear. 
And they still resolved to scourge them bathed in many a scalding tear. 

On these terms — if not too dear. 

Moments skip in dulcet measures. 

Lulling " Ocean's Queen " in pleasures, 
Fleeting pleasures often broken by vague sounds that zephyr bore ; 

Still in haughty mood she ponders, 

While her buoyant fancy wanders 
O'er the shivered wreck of Freedom drifting down Time's sullen shore, 
Till her Sibylline predictions which she raved and gloated o'er, 

Echo in this strain did pour — 

" Wealth is mine and power forever ; 
My defences none can sever, 



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Though on them with vain endeavor all the banded North should pour. 

Freedom 'neath my hand is quailing. 

And my raptured sight is hailing, 
At a fast-approaching epoch, Slavery's triumph on this shore." 
But these baseless, vain delusions which her teeming fancy bore 

Vanished soon to cheer no more. 

Morning now with purple pinions 

Flitting o'er night's dark dominions, 
Ushers in a scene terrific, ghastly as the Stygian shore ; 

For a fleet, destruction- bearing. 

Her confines now fastly nearing, 
Led by Porter, Farragut and Butler, famed in years before — 
Tn a well-directed torrent, deathful, fiery missiles pour, 

And she quailed beneath its roar. 

Finding combat worse than needless, 

And of former boasting heedless, 
Low she sinks in tame submission that ne'er bowed to right before ; 

And her boasted consort, Cotton, 
* (Long since buried and forgotten) 

For a final expiation for his guilty reign of yore. 
Pampered by an institution which Archangels e'en deplore — 

Winds to heaven, an offering bore. 

But a fearful retribution 

Frowning o'er this institution, 
Threats to whelm its perpetrators in a flood of human gore ; 

And this great secession craven. 

Whose destruction is engraven 
On the hearts and swords of those who Freedom's cause restore. 
Whose brief days e'en now are numbered as Belshazzar's were of yore — 

Soon shall sink to rise no more. 

Heavenly Father ! mercy-loving, 

And in righteousness reproving, 
Thou ]|who reared fair Freedom's structure on this heaven exalted 

May Thy strong, right arm protect us, [shore ; 

And Thy light divine direct us 
How in Wisdom's narrow pathway through the climes of peace to soar, 
And our trampled, sable brethren to their native rights restore — 

Thus to praise Thee evermore 1 j. k. a. 

Mr. Gibbons, though usually grave and somewhat taci- 
turn, was not wholly devoid of a relish for the gay and 



80 EARLY DAYS. 

mirthful. But his mirth never had a tendency towards vul- 
garity, and his wit was of an elevated character, the ten- 
ency of which was to refine, and not debase. The follow- 
ing, introduction and all, from his pen, shows that he was 
not wanting in true wit. Published June 4, 1862 ; 

THE UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE. 

Mr. EnrroR : — Tlie following lines wMch have been ascribed to the 
pen of Saxe — though some critics have had the incredulity to question 
their authenticity — are sent you for insertion in the News Letter, if you 
think them worthy. And whether or not Saxe originally penned them 
— which is indeed a very difficult question to determine — is a subject 
of minor importance ; since the merit of all literary productions de- 
pends upon their own intrinsic worth, and not, as some suppose, upon 
their authorship. J. K. a. 

The morn, adorned in her gorgeous hue, 

Dewed the earth from her life cheering cup ; • 

And the sun first greeted the transient dew. 

And then told it to " dry up :" 

When a man, in his own conceit grown wise. 

Walked forth the scene to review, 
And instruct his lad in the mysteries 

Of his sage experience true. 

" Thou art little versed, my lad," said he, 

" In the ups and downs of life ; 
Then listen while I relate to thee, 

A lesson with wonder rife. 

" On most, if not all, who inhabit this ball, 
Does Fortune both smile and frown — 
First raises the hopes of her credulous dupes, 
And then hurls them roughly down. 

" Even thus for long years, steeped in misery's tears. 
Spurned down by her harshest decree, 
Did I plod my rough way till my locks had grown gray. 
Through a world void of comfort for me. 

" But wondrous to tell ! a change now befel. 
Through Fortune's reversed decree ; 
For one day I was run for a constable, 
But the next, one run for me. 



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" At last did Fortune on me gleam, 
And 't was my chance to win ; 
For strange to you tliough tlie fact may seem, 
The last run I got in." 

All true patriots desire the melioration of the human race, 
and the advancement of intelligence and virtue among the 
people of all nations. Mr. Gibbons was not only a true pa- 
triot, but a philanthropist ; and loved all mankind, as well 
as his country. This innate sentiment of his mind led him 
to hate oppression, in all its varied forms, and especially 
slavery, as it existed in our country. He saw the justness 
of the cause in which John Brown was engaged, however 
rash and ill-advised the means he employed to carry it out, 
and in July, 1862, wrote the following introduction to the 
John Brown song : 

The following spirited lyric which originally appeared in the Kan 
sas Herald, is universally acknowledged to be one of the most remark- 
able productions of the age ; and the enthusiasm which it awakened 
in the Union Army has been unbounded. It is, indeed, to the loyal 
Americans of the present day what the " Marseilles Hymn " was to the 
French patriots, and " Bruce's Address " to the Scots ; and we venture 
to aflBlrm that, in the true essence of lyrilc poetry it is no whit inferior 
to either of these meritorious productions, notwithstanding the quaint 
Tiomeliness which everywhere pervades it, and, which, if duly appreci- 
ated, will be admitted to form one of its most enduring characteristics ; 
as it contributes, in no small degree, towards giving it tj^at indescrib- 
able something, which the literary world has always been content to 
denominate the highest eflfort of true genius without being able to 
point out the primary elements of which it is composed : 

Old John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave, 

While the bondmen all are weeping whom he ventured for to save ; 

But though he lost his life a-fighting for the slave, 

His soul is marching on. 
Glory, glory. Hallelujah ! 
Glory, glory, Hallelujah ! 
Glory, glory. Hallelujah ! 

His soul is marching on. 



32 EAKLY DAYS. 

John Brown was an hero undaiinted, true and brave, 
And Kansas knew his valor when he fought her rights to save ; 
And now, though the grass grows green above his grave. 

His soul is marching on. 

He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so few, 

And frightened Old Virginia till she trembled through and through ; 

They hung him for a traitor — themselves a traitor crew. 

But his soul is marching on. 

John Brown was John the Baptist of the Christ we are to see ; 

Christ, who of the bondmen shall the Liberator be ; 

And soon through all the South the slaves shall all be free, 

For his soul goes marching on. 

John Brown he was a soldier — a soldier of the Lord ; 

John Brown he was a martyr — a martyr to the Word ; 

And he made the gallows holy when he perished by the cord. 

For his soul goes marching on. 

The battle that John Brown begun, he looks from heaven to view. 
On the army of the Union with its flag, red, white and blue ; 
And the angels shall sing hymns o'er the deeds we mean to do, 

As we go marching on / 

Ye soldiers of Jesus, then strike it while you may, 
The death-blow of Oppression in a better time and way. 
For the dawn of Old John Brown is a-brightening into day. 

And his soul is marching on. 
Glory, glory, Hallelujah 1 
Glory, glory, Hallelujah ! 
Glory, glory. Hallelujah I 

His soul is marching on. 

The love of liberty and a republican form of government, 
■was never more nobly illustrated in the history of the world, 
than by the eagerness and willingness with which the young 
men of the free States volunteered to fight for the mainte- 
nance of the Government of the United States from its threat- 
ened overthrow by armed traitors. The sons of the wealthy, 
brought up in refined society, those of clergymen, presidents 
of colleges, and all kinds of professional men, as well as the 
sons of farmers and mechanics, who might be at school or 



IN THE ARMY. 83 

laboring with their hands, alike offered themselves, and were 
eager to join the Union army. From the beginning of the 
war, Joseph K. Gibbons had a desire to enlist ; but before 
he had arrived at his majority, his father objected to his 
joining the army, and that ended the matter for that time. 
When, however, he had arrived at lawful age, he thought 
his duty to his country was above everything else. He 
loved his father and his brothers, but his attachment to 
the Government that had protected him rose above that 
selfishness which bestows its love upon a few individuals, to 
the neglect of mankind. 

Soon after the seven days' battles before Richmond, which 
ended in the repulse of the Union forces on the 4th of July, 
1862, the soul of the nation was depressed. On the 1st of 
July, 1862, President Lincoln issued a call for 300,000 more 
troops. It was in response to this call that the 34th Massa- 
chusetts regiment was raised in the western part of the 
State. Company G of this regiment was raised in West- 
field, and a number of young men, from the most influential 
and reputable families in the place, joined it. Mr. Gibbons 
seemed to feel as if a necessity was laid upoji hira to join the 
army, and day and night his mind dwelt upon the subject. 
He went from Westfield to Granville, to consult with his 
father relative to enlisting, and after a long talk about the 
hardships and privations of a soldier, and his naturally 
feeble constitution, it was found that arguments would avail 
nothing, and the father said : " Joseph, go, my son ; but I 
I shall never see you again in this world, after you have en- 
tered the army." He returned to Westfield, went immedi- 
ately to the selectmens' office and recorded his name as a 
volunteer ; and the gloom that had rested on his face for 
several days vanished, and it was lifted up with a cheerful 
smile of hope, which the withering hand of time can never 
efface from our memory. He was full of life and animation, 
and immediately set about making preparations to go with 
his regiment to Camp Wool, at Worcester. His last work 

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34: IN THE ARMY. 

at the News Letter office, was to put in type the following 
acrostic : 

ACROSTIC. 

Since thy loved spirit left its native skies 

And sought a dwelling in this world below. 

Reluming with its heavenly-seeming guise 

Air kindred hearts with pure affection's glow, 

How rare have been the joys thy charms on all bestow ! 

Now circling years have winged their mystic flight, 

And ushered in thy life's third lustrum fair — 

Oh I may'st thou long illumine Friendship's sight ; 

May guardian angels holy converse share. 

In sweet communion with thy soul, to shield thee from all care ! 

But may thy days in joyous currents flow. 

Unruffled by the stormy cares of time ; 

Each passing hour diffuse a roseate glow 

Like richest incense o'er thy form sublime ; 

Long may'st thou thus remain the grace and glory of our clime. 

J. K. G. 

After having been in camp a short time, he wrote as fol- 
lows : " I like it, thus far, as well as I expected. Twenty- 
men of our comj^ny were mustered into service on Satur- 
day afternoon. We had no religious service here on Sun- 
day, on account of the rain." 

The regiment left Camp Wool August 12, 1862, by way 
of Norwich, Ct., for its destination near Washington city. 
On the 28th of August, 1862, Mr. Gibbons wrote to us as 
follows : 

" Our regiment ari-ived at Washington on the ITth of 
August, and marched to Camp Casey, on Arlington Heights, 
the next day, where we remained until the Friday following. 
We then marched to Alexandria, and camped out till the 
next Sunday, when we removed to our present encampment. 
Our company is in excellent spirits, and would evidently like 
nothing better than an oppoi-tunity to show the rebels the full 
extent of their power and discipline. 

" Before enlisting, I had often read of the vast influence 



IN THE ARMY. 35 

which the famous ' John Brown song ' had exerted in our 
army, and supposed, naturally enough, that the accounts of 
it were, at least, highly colored, but I have arrived at the 
conclusion that not one half has yet been told. One truly 
feels that his " soul is marching on," and can never be stayed 
until the last vestige of slavery shall be annihilated." 

Again, under date of Camp "Worcester, Va., Sept. 9, 1862, 
he wrote the following, which breathes the spirit of true 
patriotism : 

" I acknowledge the receipt of several back numbers of 
the News Letter^ whose contents were devoured by our com- 
pany with a rapacity that would seem incredible to one who 
is not inured to the scarcity of literary food which a life in 
camp necessarily brings. 

" Our regiment has not yet been called into active service, 
but still remains under marching orders. One company of 
our regiment is marched, daily, to Alexandria, to quell riots 
and to gather up straggling soldiers. We frequently pass the 
building rendered sacred to every loyal heart by the blood 
of the martyr Ellsworth, and hereafter to be blazoned by 
that divine effulgence which coming generations will delight 
to throw around this noble relic of American patriotism. 
And none, it seems to me, who are possessed of a single 
spark of humanity, can contemplate the untimely fate of 
young Ellsworth without feeling that he, too, is ready to 
make a similar sacrifice, if his country requires it of him. 

" Many persons are disheartened at the late sudden over- 
turn in our national affairs, caused by the late reckless raid 
of Jackson towards the Capital ; but I have no share in this 
feeling, and incline to the opinion that it is the enemy's con- 
dition that is desperate instead of ours, and that this very 
desperation forced them into an untimely raid which will 
ultimately prove their ruin, and bring the present fearful 
contest to a happy and peaceful termination. 

" Our company enjoy tolerable health. One-fourth of the 



36 IN THE AKMY. 

men, perhaps, are unfit for duty ; but none, I believe, are 
dangerously sick. A young man, brother to the chaplain of 
our regiment, died last niglit of dysenteiy. 

" I have often heard of instances of soldiers being poi- 
soned, but place no reliance in these reports. I think that 
i f the soldiers are permitted to live until poisoned by the 
people living in these parts, their days will not be short- 
ened. For my own part, I have never hesitated to purchase 
of th e inhabitants of any place through which I have passed, 
and have never been injured by so doing. 

** The soldier's life is much as I expected to find it. I 
have never regretted that I enlisted, and think I never shall, 
be the result what it may." 

A little after this he wrote : 

" About one-fourth of our company are oif from duty on 
account of ill-health. The regiment is now in camp near 
Fort Lyon, situated within half a mile of Camp Worcester." 

On the 22d of Sept., 1862, President Lincoln issued his 
Emancipation Proclamation, giving freedom to slaves, in 
States and parts of States, on and after January 1, 1863. 
This proclamation called out Mr. Gibbons' poetical talent, 
and, under date of Camp Lyon, Ya , Oct. V, 1862, he wrote 
the following : 

LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. 

" Behold, I will send my mesBenger, and he shall prepare the way before me." 

MAT.ACHI iii. 1. 

Uttered by Jehovah's sanction, through His Prophet's sacred pages, 

Which proclaimed the happy advent of the righteous reign of peace. 
Was this soul-inspiring promise, which again these latter ages, 

In their mystic course have reproduced to bid our trials cease. 
For our Nation's great redemption this eventful da}' presages. 

Which has seen our servile bondmen to the heights of freedom reared 
By our Nation's wise Preserver, who our toil and grief assuages. 

With the knowledge that foul Treason's stain is from our country 
cleared. 



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Glorious message ! sent from Heaven for the healing of the nations ! 

Joyous harbinger of Freedom's peaceful, pure, unsullied reign ! 
Whose great framer shall inherit every hero's heart's libations 

And a name that world-wide Washington might emulate in vain ; 
For these words of wondrous import, though but few and plainly spoken, 

Having once been sent adrift, are doomed forever to expand ; 
Till the writhing chains of bondage fall beneath their mystic token, 

And the Nation's future glory is with Freedom's rainbow spanned. 

Father Abraham ! honored parent of a Heaven-protected Nation ! 

Who, unaided, dared withstand the shock of Treason's direful brood. 
Till thy glowing spirit kindled into wildest adoration, 

All the kindred hearts of Freedom with like fortitude imbued ! 
Words can never frame a tribute equal to thy deed's high merit, 

And we shrink beneath the effort all unable to resume ; 
But our children's childrens' praises shall extol thy hallowed spirit. 

While they deck, with rural chaplets rare, thy ever-honored tomb. 

J. K, G. 
Camp Lyon, ViKaiNiA, October 7, 1862. 

VICTORY. 

" So close earth's arms around the true and brave. 
Who follow duty but to find a grave." 

Many would prefer that tbeir hero, if he must die, should 
fall on the field of battle, and should be publicly heralded 
to the world in the long list of honored braves whose lives 
have bought a victory. Yet the writer of this sketch thinks 
difierently. It is well that an opportunity should be given, 
once in a while, to show the patient martyrdom of those 
who have lost their lives for the great cause, through linger- 
ing disease. Theirs is .a glorious record. With enfeebled 
bodies, they yet offered themselves gladly for the service of 
their country. With weary feet they marched, looking aloft 
to God and the flag they loved for strength. With aching 
limbs they did not shun the exposure and danger of the 
picket-watch, or the irksome duties of camp. Theirs was a 
quiet, steady patriotism. It was no fire to flash out sud- 



38 IK THE ARMY. 

denly, and then perish as soon. Their strong souls quick- 
ened their weak bodies ; and, while they had power to stand, 
they sought no rest. When at last they were compelled to 
keep their tents, they yet hoped against hope. In spite of 
all discomforts, of insufficient attendance, of careless or im- 
proper medical treatment, they lingered near the sound of 
battles in which they yearned in vain to join. Then, when 
at last the heart gave up, and longed eagerly for home, it 
was too late. Rough hands of rough soldier-nurses closed 
the eyes of a comrade stricken by disease, but fallen with 
his face to the foe. 

It was pitiable in the days that preceded the admirable 
labors of our Christian and Sanitary Commissions to visit 
our ordinary hospitals. There was a lack of everything that 
looked, or tasted, or felt like home. Wrapped in their 
blankets, the soldiers lay on the ground, or on the floor, or, 
perhaps, in cots, supplied with rations little, if any, superior 
to the fare of their robust comrades. Yet they made no 
complaint, but calmly looked death in the face, as day by 
day he came nearer. Ah ! it required even more heroism for 
this than to meet him in the maddening tumult of battle, 
when armed with the inspiring presence of ten thousand 
comrades ! Let a grateful country remember this when she 
writes of her heroes. 

About the middle or latter part of October, the disease 
which had threatened Mr. Gibbons fastened itself upon him 
in such a way as absolutely to prevent his return to active 
duty. Yet the will to do was as strong as ever, and his 
only desire seemed to be that he might resume his place in 
his regiment. His daily record shows how earnestly he kept 
this in view, while here and there it betrays the fact that 
sometimes he doubted whether he should ever be better. 
Most touchingly to those who knew and loved him best, will 
this fact be presented in the verses which he wrote on the 
25th of this month. They foreshadow his own fate, but rise 
grandly above any thought of despondency. They have 



IN THE ARMY. 39 

the ring of the death-song of the Indian warrior, chanted in 
the presence of his foe : 

THE SOLDIER'S GRAVE. 

Underneath a hillock fair. 

Where the ever-weeping willow 
Chants a weird and dirge-like air, 

O'er the streamlet's rippling billow. 
Freedom's martyr, freed from care, 

Slumbers on his lonely pillow. 

Shrine, nor pillar's honored mound. 

Decks the Hero's silent dwelling. 
Deeds of valor to unfold. 

Admiration's thought excelling ; 
And his praises manifold 

From his bitter foes compelling. 

Human fabrics such as these, 

Time's destroying sway soon crumbles ; 

Whose fell power, by Heaven's decrees. 
Mightiest monarchies oft humbles. 

And earth's proudest pageantries 
From their lofty stations tumbles. 

But a more enduring praise 

Thy brave actions shall inherit ; 
Which the hearts of men shall raise 

O'er thy deeds' exalted merit. 
Till eternal glory's rays 

Consecrate thy hallowed spirit. 

There he sleeps, from trouble free. 

Life's dark strife in peace forsaking. 
Till the final reveille 

Of our new creation's waking. 
Calls him with the just to be, 

Heavenly joys for aye partaking. 



J. K. a. 



Camp Lyon, Virginia, October 25, 1863. 



40 IN THE ARMY. 

At this time he found leisure to finish Spencer's Fairy 
Queen, and to write an admirable and just criticism upon 
it, giving Spenser the position of honor he should always 
hold among the pioneers of our English literature. 

Yet the future is not forgotten. For on the 27th, the fol- 
lowing entry occurs : 

" Pondered over the sublime strains of Isaiah, the beauti- 
fiil and lofty diction of David, the elegant and pathetic style 
of Jeremiah, and the condensed and comprehensive wisdom 
of Solomon." 

Again, on November 8th, he writes : 

" Read copious extracts from Spenser and the Bible. The 
latter work forms my library here, and one which I would 
not exchange for any that Christendom aifords." 

There was light about the dying soldier at every step 
through the valley of shadows. The winter winds might 
beat upon his canvas roof. Home and its comforts might 
be strangers to him. There might be few or none who would 
speak of holy things in his presence. But there was light 
within that made all serene there, and that shone out through 
the weary veil of his flesh to guide his steps in peace to God. 

None but a quiet heart, filled with love to God and at 
peace with man, could have indited the following exquisite 
paraphrase of the 128th Psalm, written at this time. It is his 
master-piece ; none the less admirable because, though com- 
posed in the midst of camp, and under the natural depres- 
sion of a painful and incurable malady, it breathes through- 
out a holy spirit of calm. Such voices from the scene of 
strife are not often heard, and it is well to pause and remem- 
ber them ; 



IN THE ARMY. 41 



PARAPHRASE ON THE 128TH PSALM. 

How blest the man that fears the Lord, 
And walks in virtue's hallowed ways ; 

With plenty are his garners stored, 
And bliss supreme shall crown his days. 

His wife shall flourish as the vine 
That yearly swells his fruitful store ; 

And round his pleasant arbors twine 
To cheer his heart with beauty's lore. 

His children at his side shall spring. 
And cheer his toil from mom till even, 

Like olive plants that sweetly wing 
Their grateful tribute up to Heaven. 

Thus blessed every man shall be 
That loves and fear the Lord aright ; 

And he shall Zion's glory see 
In visions of serene delight. 

So shall his days with peaceful flow, 
Adown Time's rapid stream descend. 

Till children's children's hands bestow 
The rites that mark Life's journey's end. 

This was Mr. Gibbons' last poem. Slowly and quietly 
from henceforth he filled out and perfected the poem of his 
life — a true life well spent. 

Winter soon began to herald it coming, through the cold 
winds and dreary rains of November. The canvas walls, 
board floor, and blankets of the invalid, gave little protec- 
tion against its attacks. But with brave heart he yet hopes, 
though writing daily on the pages that were not to be seen 
until after death, " Getting no better." On November 23d 
is written : " Cold and windy. Remained stupidly in tent 
from morning till night, being too unwell either to read or 
write, which has been the case for some days past." 



42 LAST DAYS. 

Again, both on November 28th and 29th, he writes : " I 
grow weaker every day ;" and December 1st, prefixes it by 
the emphatic statement, *' Unquestionably !" What can the 
writer's words add to the simple, yet strong record : " Day 
after day rolls gloomily by, and nothing breaks in to relieve 
its dull and tedious monotony." 

A ray of light breaks in for a moment in the early part 
of December, but only to vanish speedily. On the fourth 
of that month he was told by the doctor that he should be 
sent North soon, and visions of home must have lightened 
his sad heart. On the sixth he was transferred from his 
own, to the hospital quarters, where he could receive better 
attention; but the change could only soothe his last few 
hours. 

We come now to the last entry in this faithful private 
record of a soldier's experience. On the 8th of December, 
his trembling hand has written : " Still gaining a little, I 
trust, but long to be getting North, even though it should 
prove my death-journey; for I am fully satisfied that I 
should live here but a short time." 

So, to every dying pilgrim, wherever on the broad earth 
his feet may have carried him, comes the eager desire to see 
his home once more before his eyes are closed in death. 
Often it is denied, and this cross is added to the sorrows 
that are purifying the soul. Only in visions of the night, 
only in dreams of the day, come the faces of those never to 
be seen again on earth ; and the voices of those who 
directed childhood's timid steps seem to speak once again. 
The old home, the well-remembered hills that encircle it, the 
paths that once echoed daily to the prompt tread of feet 
that are too feeble now to trust their own strength, the 
forms of playmates grown to manhood but all unforgotten 
yet, are eloquent pleaders ; and who that is in enjoyment of 
the full strength of manhood can tell how bitter was the 



LAST DAYS. 43 

anguish with which the poor, aching heart saw this prom- 
ised comfort slowly passing from its grasp ? 

Soon after Mr. Gibbons ceased writing further in his diary, 
he obtained his promised discharge from the army, and with 
it (but too late !) the permission to return home. Hope 
sprang up into strength for a moment, and the feeble body 
waited " for a day or two " to grow stronger, but it was 
only waiting for the silent, sure step of death. He shall 
only dream, now, as the first flakes of snow fall languidly 
on the plains of Virginia, of the great white seas drifted 
between the hills of his home in western Massachusetts, 
ploughed everywhere by the merry sleighers. He shall only 
dream in future, as the cold wind pierces his thin shelter, of 
the sparkling fires at home that defied the peltings and bowl- 
ings of the foes without, and whose gleams suggested merry- 
makings and happiness in the Christmas time, and the New 
Year to come. Perhaps it were better so — who can tell ? 
His Christmas feast was to be eaten with his Lord ; and the 
New Year on which he entered was to bring him no sick- 
ness, or sorrow, or death, nor even a tear. Without end of 
days, and without limit of happiness, the victorious soldier 
was to enter into the rest provided by his victorious Cap- 
tain. « WeU done !" " Well done !" 

A letter from a comrade written Dec. 26th, gives an 
account of the close of Mr. Gibbons' life. He fell asleep, 
quietly and peaceftilly, at noon of Dec. 1 8th ; so quietly that 
no one dreamed his end was thus near, until he was gone. 
His comrade wrote : " His life while in the army has been 
that of a Christian," and, therefore, for him death had no 
terrors. For him the last step of all was from death unto 
life. 

He had grown exceedingly weak. His brother soldier 
leaned over him a few minutes before his death, and asked 
him a question, receiving an unintelligible reply. He re- 
peated the question, and this ^me the answer came : " I'm 
going home to-morrow." That to-morrow was already at 



44: "GOING HOME." 

hand, and the echoes of his friend's feet had scarcely died 
away, before he had indeed gone home. He did not speak 
again, but doubtless the unseen messengers of God were 
speaking to him comfortable words concerning that distant 
to-morrow for which we live and labor, that was now spread 
in awful nearness before him. Voices from that Home, 
voices that were sweet even on earth before Death made 
them immortal ; voices of those dear friends of the dying man 
who had been called before him, mingled in the song of 
Moses and the Lamb that was already swelling on his ear. 
He heard the " well done " from the Captain of his Salva- 
tion, and at that word all the disappointments of earth 
faded away. For where man saw a life lost, cut down in 
the budding promise of its youth, before it had achieved 
any great deed, God took it up, rounded, orbed, and com- 
plete. When He maketh up His jewels, such lives will be 
found among His treasures. 

Thus, at the early age of twenty-two, Joseph Kent Gib- 
bons, patriot and poet, passed away from earth. The simple 
story of his life and the verses he has left behind him, are 
his best epitaph. Nor can any hero of this war whether he 
carry the musket or lead an army, have a prouder record 
than his — that he did his duty. 

He sleeps quietly at his childhood's home in the village 
church-yard ; yet, not he, but only the feeble frame that 
fettered a strong soul. He lives still in many a heart and 
home, and the works of his life survive him. And thus it 
came to pass, that some loving hearts gathered these memo- 
rials, and shaped them into the semblance of his beautiful 
life. Being dead they hojDed he yet might speak. 

As bread upon the waters, this little book is sent out to 
do its work. It may teach some hesitating heart, or make 
some timid soul to become of giant strength, by its record 
of a life of duty well performed. God speed it on its mis- 
sion I HI 

The death of Mr. Gibbons was sudden and unexpected. 

H117 QO u 



CLOSING SCENES. 45 

Even the surgeon who attended him was not aware that he 
was so near the portals of another world. The following 
account of his last hours was given by Lieutenant Jere Hor- 
ton, of Company G, 34th Massachusetts regiment : 

" His health had been poor for some time, but with great 
courage and remarkable fortitude, he bore up under fatiguing 
drills and marches, and battled with colds and weaknesses. 
It was his aim to run clear of the * doctor's list,' looking 
upon such a state of things as the ' forlorn hope.' His 
strong will gave out at last, and the ' forlorn hope,' or last 
struggle for life, must be resorted to, and he went to the 
camp hospital. Here he received the best care that camp 
life gives. He had not been there but a few days, when the 
surgeon called upon us for his discharge papers, which I 
immediately made out and delivered to him. It was not 
more than three days after this that, finding he was failing, 
we sent word to his father to come and take him home, as 
he would not be able to go alone. We mailed the letter on 
the morning of Dec. 18, 1862, and at noon, very unexpect- 
edly, he died. It was twelve o'clock that the steward passed 
around, and asked him what he would have for dinner. He 
replied that ' he would take a little chicken and toast. The 
steward stepped out to get it for him, and when he returned 
Gibbons was gasping for his last breath I" 

His body was embalmed and brought to Granville for 
burial. His funeral was attended at the Baptist churcL in 
that place, on Monday, January 12, 1863. The sermon was 
preached by Rev. Joel S. Bingham, of Westfield, Mass., who 
was his spiritual father. His text was : " He being dead, 
yet speaketh." The discourse was very impressive, and 
well adapted to the occasion. The church was crowded 
with the relatives and friends of the deceased, who came to 
pay their last tribute of respect to the memory of him who 
willingly ofiered his services to his country, and died p mar- 
tyr to the cause of hunum liberty. 



4:6 FRIENDLY REMEMBRANCES. 

Mr. Gibbons, during his sojourn in Westfield, formed a 
friendship with Mr. H. T. Levi, a man of high literary taste 
and refinement. They spent many happy hours together, 
and their minds were in unison when conversing on the 
varied merits of the great authors of the past. Mr. Levi 
had a well-selected library, to which his young friend had 
access. These friends on earth are both in the " spirit 
world." It seems appropriate to end this little work with 
the following notice of the death of " The Poet Soldier," by 
H. T.Levi; 

THE SOLDIEB GRAVE. 

" 'Neath a gentle hillock fair, 

Where the ever-weeping willow 
Chants a weird and dirge-like air, 

O'er the streamlet's rippling billow, 
Freedom's martyr, freed from care, 

Slumbers on his lonely pillow." 

We extract the above stanza from a beautiful poetic effu- 
sion, written at Camp Lyon, Va., under date of Oct. 25, 
1862, by Joseph K. Gibbons, then a member of Company 
G, 34th regiment Massachusetts volunteers. Since then our 
young friend has passed through severe and protracted suf- 
fering by sickness, and, finally, like the weary and way-worn 
traveler after a toilsome journey, has laid him down to rest. 
The hoarse thundering of contending armies, the fearful 
clash of arms and furious tread of the mighty hosts which 
go forth to battle, disturb him not. 

" After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well." 

The martyrs to the cause of liberty are not few, and 
among the names which will ever be held sacred and in 
affectionate remembrance, will be that of Joseph K. Gib- 
bons. The golden links of that mysterious chain which 
serves to unite our common humanity in one universal 
bond of brotherhood, are not severed by death, but reach to 



PRECIOUS LEGACY. 47 

and within the veil which divides the known from the un- 
known world, uniting us still ; keeping sacred and most holy 
within the hidden mystic cell of memory's casket, the en- 
dearing names of the " loved and lost," until we, too, are 
called away, and shall have joined them in that " far-off 
land," where sorrow and separation shall be known no more. 

The deceased was an intimate and tried friend of the 
writer of this article, and, possibly, no one knew him better 
or loved him more. 

Mr. Gibbons possessed a fine and well-cultivated intellect ; 
naturally of a desponding and reflective temperament, yet 
not gloomy ; truthful and trustworthy in all things ; sincere 
in his attachments ; devoted to his country and his God ; 

" The hand of the reaper 

Takes the ears that are hoary, 
But the voice of the weeper 

Wails manhood in glory : 
The autumn winds rushing. 

Waft the leaves that are searest. 
But our flower was in flushing 

When blighting was nearest. 



Like the dew on the mountain, 
Like the foam on the river, 
Like the bubble on the fountain. 
Thou art gone, and forever I" 

Yes, he has gone ! but has left in his brief and useful life 
an example of Christian fortitude and pious resignation, 
such as only those leave who are the chosen ones of God, 
and of whom it is said, " Blessed are they that do his com- 
mandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and 
may enter in through the gates into the city." His remains 
have been buried in the church-yard of his native town, 



48 HOME AT LAST. 

where, as expressed in the significant language of his own 
beautiful lines : 

" He'll sleep from trouble free. 

Life's dark strife in peace forsaking, 

Till the final reveille 

Of our new creation's waking, 

Summons witli the just to be, 
Heavenly joys for age partaking." 



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^''ew Physiog'iioiiiy ; Or, Signs of Character, as manifested through 
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Pliysiolog"y, Animal and Mental : Applied to tlie Preservation and 
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Woi\KS ON Hydropathy, or. Watei\ Cure. 

CHiildren, fheir Hydropatliic Management in Healtli and Disease. A 
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CoilSiiiUj>tioii, its Prevention and Cure bj tlie Water Treatment. With 
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Hjdropatiiic Cook Book ; Witli Recipes for Cooking on Hy^enic 
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of Vegetable and Animal Substances ; the Selection and Preservation of Dietetic 
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Diseases of tlie Tlu'oat anil Lniigs, including Diphtheria, and their 
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Domestic Practice of Hy(lro]>athy, with Fifteen Engraved Illustra- 
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Hydropathy for tlie People, "With observations on Drugs, Diet, 
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Hydropathic Eiicyclo])edia» — A System of Hydropathy and Hygiene. 
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Hydropathic Family Physician. — A Ready Prescriber and Hygienic 
Adviser. With Reference to tlie Nature, Causes, Prevention, and Treatment of 
Diseases, Accidents, and casualties of every kind. With a Glossary and copious 
Index. By Joel Shew, M. D. Illustrated with nearly Three Hundred Engi-avings. 
One largevolume, intended foi use in the Family. 12mo, 816 pp. Muslin, $4. 

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Midwifery and the Diseases of Women. — A Descriptive and Practi- 
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Pliilosophy of the Water-Cnre. — A Development of the true Princi- 
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Water -Cure in Chronic Diseases ; An Exposition of the Causes, 
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Water and Ye^etahle Diet in Consumption, Scrofula, Cancer, Asthma, 
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Water-Cure Manual. — A Popular Work. Embracing Descriptions of 
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Father Matthew, the Temperance Apostle. — His Portrait, Charac- 
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Temperance in Congress. — Speeches delivered in the House of Repre- 
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OR 

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Samuel R. Wells' Publications. 



Selections from New Physiognomy. 

" O wad some power the glflle gle ub, 
To see oursels as ithers see us ! 
It wad frae mony a blunder free us, 
An' foolish notion." — Bukns. 




Fig. 970.— HENRY -W. LONGFELLOW. 



Fi^. 982.— EOSA BONHEUR. 



HE following selections and specimen pages from "New Physiognomy," are 
intended as an exposition of the general tenor of this admirable work ; which 
has received so warm a welcome from the press all over the country. In his 
preface, the author says : 
" We know how widely mankind differ in looks, in opinion, and in character, and it 
has been our study to discover the causes of these difierences. We find them in organi- 
zation. As we look, so we feel, so we act, and so we are. But we may direct and 
control even our thoughts, our feelings, and our acts, and thus, to some extent — by 
the aid of grace — become what we will. AYe can be temperate or intemperate ; virtu- 
ous or vicious ; hopeful or desponding ; generous or selfish ; believing or skeptical ; 
prayerful or profane. We are free to choose what course we will pursue, and our 
bodies, our brains, and our features, readily adapt themselves, and clearly indicate the 
li vcs wo lead and the characters we form. 

" It has been our aim to present this subject in a practical manner, basing all our 
inferences on well-established principles, claiming nothing but what is clearly within 
the lines of probability, and 
illustrating, when possible, 
every statement. Previous 
authors have been carefully stu- 
died, and whatever of value 
could be gleaned we have sys- 
tematized and incorporated, 
adding our own recent discov- 
eries. For more than twenty 
years we have been engaged in 

t.hft Kfiiflv nf mnn nnH in '' phnr. 




the study of man, and in '^char- 
acter-reading " among the peo- 
ple of various races, tribes and 
nations, enabling us to classify 
the diff'erent forms of body, 
brain, and fac«, and reduce to 
METHOD the processes by which 
character may be determined. 
Hitherto, but partial observa- 
tions have been made, and of 
eonrse only partial results obtained. We look on man as a whole 
and to be studied as a whole, with aU the parts combined.'''' 




Fig. 750.— A LIBERAL. 



-made ap of parts, 



Samuel R. "Wells' PuBLicATioifrs. 





Fig. 434.— DESERTED. 



Fig. 435. — MALICE. 



J^HYSIOGNOMY OF TnSANITY AND TdIOCY. 

The chapters on insanity and 
idiocy, are two of the most in- 
teresting in the work. Not 
only are the pymptoms and 
outward appearances analyzed, 
but Mr. Wells endeavors to 
trace those abnormal condi- 
tions to their sources. He 
treats of the varieties, the 
causes, the treatment, the pre- 
vention, and the physiognom- 
ical signs of insanity, illus- 
trated amply by portraits and 
accounts of celebrated maniacs 
and idiots. 

Idiocy — to which chapter 
twenty-one is wholly devoted 
— gives the causes, the education and the signs of idiocy ; and is one of the best pj'ac- 
tical treatises on that subject in the language. The brain being a subject to v/hich the 
author has devoted his attention for a lifetime, stamp these chapters as pre-eminently 
valuable and reliable. 

Fig. 434, which represents a woman who became insane on account of the unfaith- 
fulness of her lover, who deserted her, shows the lively, brilliant eyes mentioned by 
Dr. Laurent. She still loves ; and in her mental aberration adorns her disheveled hair 
with flowers, and with parted lips and " hungry devouring glances " awaits the com- 
ing of her heart's idol, whom she never ceases to expect. 

" Intense thought, habitual reflection, and searching inquiry of any kind cause a draw- 
ing down of the eyebrows, as shown in Chapter XIII. (p. 249). Pers^ons who have 

become insane through hard study or the too close 
application of the mind to a particular subject will 
exhibit this characteristic. 

" In Fig. 435 the eyes gleam with some relentless 
purpose of vengeance. Such a character as the 
one here repre- 
sented is danger- 
ous in his aliena- 
tion ; for he com- 
bines the cunning 
of the fox with the 
ferocity of the ti- 
ger. Fig. 436 is a 
woman of the Cas- 
sandra order. The 
eyes, abandoned to 
the action of the 
involuntary mus- 
cles (see Chapter 
XUI., p. 233), are 
rolled upward with a wild look which is indescribable. She is giving utterance to what 
she deems prophetic warnings of the most solemn and awful character.'' 





Fig. 436— RAvma. 



Fig. 440.— LOVE-SICK. 



Samuel E. Wells' Publications. 




Fig. 476.— THE CAUCASIAK KACE. 



pTHNOLOGY, OR TyPES OF MaNKIND. 

Ethnology is a subject upon which 
has been comparatively little studied 
The field is a wide one for inquiry and 
research, and chapters on " The Eaces 
Classified," " The Caucasian, Mango- 
lian, Malayan, American and Ethio- 
pian Eaces," " National Types," 
"Ancient Types," are invaluable. 
No where else can there be found 
such a complete digest of the subject. 
In his Introduction to these chapters 
the author says : 

" The question of race will be found 
to resolve itself into that of organi- 
zation, and this determines and is 
indicated by configuration. If we de- 
sire to ascertain to what race an indi- 
vidual, a tribe, or a nation may be- 
long, we must study the character 
of that individual, tribe, or nation 
through its signs in the physical system. Would we determine the status of a race or 
a nation, we shall find the measure of its mental power in the size and quality of its 
average brain, and the index of its civilization and culture in its prevailing style of face 
and figure. 

" In so new a field of inquiry as the one which we are now entering, we can not hope 
to push our explorations into every part, or to investigate thoroughly every point that 
we may touch upon. We are, to some extent, pioneers, and a? such shall do as well as 
we can the work assigned to us, trusting that those who follow will find their progress 
facilitated by our labors." 

Then follows an agreeable essay 
on " National Types." The princi- 
pal nations and tribes composed in 
the various races, aie described iu 
detail, with a " view to show how, 
in each, the common type is modi- 
fied without being lost, and how, in 
all, configuration and character cor- 
respond." 

" We shall adopt here, as best 
known and most generally received, 
though not perhaps most scientific, 
the classification of Blumenbach. 
This arrangement will serve the 
purposes we have in view as well as 
any other yet proposed, and whether 
it be accepted by the reader or set 
aside in favor of a more recent one, 
the value of the facts we shall here 
throw together will not be lessened. 



i^-^rj-^ 




Fig. 489.— THB AMERICAN 9ACE. 



J 



SxUiuEL E. Wells' Publications. 



Physiognomy of Classes. 




Fige, 710 to 725. 

Not only does the author divide the human family into the five great races and 
" National types," but he Bub-divides them into " classes," presenting us with groups 
of distinguished Divines, Pugilists, Warriors, Surgeons, Inventors, rhilosophers. 
Statesmen, Orators, Actors, Poets, Musicians and Artists, etc. Of the poets, he says : 

" One of the essential physical qualities of a poet is a susceptible mental tempera- 
ment This must be of a clear and fine-even of an exquisite-tone, to insure perfec- 
tion In the art. There are all degrees of poets, from the lowest to the highf-st, juf^ 
as there are different classes of musicians, painters, sculptors, etc. ; but to excel, and 
to inscribe one's name on the roll of great bards, one must be not only every inch a 
man, but must have ' genius ' as weU. It has been said by an ancient author, poe.a 
nasdtnr, non Jit '-the poet is bom, not made ; yet we maintain that every well-organ- 
ized human being should be able to ^^Tite poetry, just as he should be able to make 
music, or invent and use tools ; for has not nature given to each a like number of 
faculties, the same in function, and difffering only in degree and combination ? 



SPECIMEN PAGES OF 

THE TWO PATHS, " 



553 



THE TWO PATHS. 

The followins; contrasts, illustrative of the elFects of a riofht 
or a wrong course of life upon an individual, are submitted to 
our readers. They tell their own story. In the one case we 
see a child, as it v>^ere, develop into true manhood ; in the 
other, into the miserable inebriate or the raving maniac. 





Fig. T61. Fig. 7G2. 

Two boys (figs. 761 and 762) start out in life with fair ad- 
vantages and buoyant hopes. With them it remains to choose 
in what direction they shall steer their barks. Fig. 763 rep- 
resents the first as having chosen the way of righteousness, 





Fig. 763. Fig. 764. 

the upward path. He lives temperately, forms worthy asso- 
ciations, attends the Sunday-school, strives to improve his 
mind with useful knowledge, and is regarded in the commu- 
nity as a young man of excellent character and promise. 

. .. 9£ . . 



.^r)4 



NEW rUYSIOGNOMT. 

CONTRASTED FACES. 



In fig. 764, on the contrary, the other boy is represented as 
havmg unwisely chosen the downward course, thinking he 
will enjoy himself and not submit to what he considers the 
strait jacket of moral disci^^liue. He becomes coarse an«> 





Fig. T65. Fig. 766. 

rough in feature, slovenly in his dress ; he smokes and chews, 
drinks, gambles, attends the race-course, spends his nights at 
the play-house or the tavern, disregards all parental author- 
ity and admonition, and develops into the full-grown rowdy, 





Fig. 767. Fig. 768. 

and as such he sets at naught all domestic ties and obliga- 
tions, 1-eaving his wife and children to beg, starve, or eke out 
n -iwvc^f /^liorl Kiilwist.pnpp hvthp. most exhaustiuo' and inadecuiatelT 



G76 



SPECIMEN PAGES OJ^ 

CHAR AC TEE- READING. 



THE ARTIST AK'D THE W0:MAX OF THE WOELD. 

In Rosa Bonheur we see a child of inborn genius, inherite( 
from an artist-parent, developed by necessity, and perfectec 
by perscA^ering exertion. From a love of them, her artisti( 





Fig. 982.— Rosa Bonheur.* Fig. 983.— Theodosia BuER.t 

sympathies seem to fix upon liorses, cattle, sheep, etc., and ii 
she does not take on their natures, ste jDortrayed them on can 

« Rosa Bonheur was born at Bordeaux, France, May 22, 1822 ; he: 
father, Raymond Bonheur, an artist by profession, and in humble circum 
stances. In 1829 he removed to Paris, where he put Rosa in a boarding 
school. Tliere her poverty, however, was a constant source of annoyanc( 
to her very sensitive nature, as it provoked the sneers of her wealthiei 
school associates. On that account she did not remain long at school, bui 
being taken home was instructed by her father in drawing. From child 
hood she exhibited an intuitive love of art, her inclinations tending 
toward the representation of domestic animals. Making these her specia' 
study, she soon excelled in their portraiture. The picture which has ob- 
tained for Miss Bonheur a world-wide reputation is " Le Marche au3 
Chevaux," otherwise known as the " Horse Fair." It is now in the hands 
of a gentleman residing in New Jersey. Miss Bonheur at present resides 
in Paris, industriously pursuing her art. The great feature of her works 
is faithfulness to nature and boldness of design. 

f Theodosia Burr Allston, the daughter and only child of Aaron Burr, 
was born at Albany, N. Y., in 1783. Her father tenderly loved her anc 
spared no pains in her education. It is said that ' ' in solid and eleganl 
accomplishments she was very far superior to the ladies of her time.' ' She 
married Joseph Allston, who was in 1812 Governor of South Carolina. She 
was lost in the schooner Patriot, on the voyage from Charleston to Ne^ 
York, January, 1813. 



ARTIST AND WOMAN OF THE WORLD. 677 

^as to the life. One almost fancies he can hear her pictured 
)easts breathe, so naturally are they drawn. Hers is a beau- 
iful face, if somewhat masculine ; it is not coarse ; if strongly 
narked, it is still womanly. The forehead is beautifully sbap- 
d, the eyes well placed and expressive, the nose handsome, 
.nd the lips exquisite. The chin shows chaste affection, with 
lothing of the sensual or voluptuous ; indeed, it is rarely we 
neet with more natural feminine attractiveness than in this 
,rtist-w"oman, and we dismiss her from our considerations 
vith the happiest impressions. 

There is character in the head and face of Theodosia Burr. 
)ee how high the brain is in the crown ! She was emphati- 
ally her father's daughter. There is great dignity, pride, will, 
nd sense of character indicated in her physiognomy. Noth- 
Qg but religious influences could subdue such a nature. There 
5 something voluptuous in the lij:), cheek, and chin. The af- 
ections were evidently ardent and strong. Such a woman 
v^ould scarcely be content in private and domestic life, but 
rould crave a high and even stately position where her pride 
nd love of display could be gratified. There was nothing 
f " your humble servant" in this person. Educated as she 
ras, she could be lady-like and refined. Had she been un- 
ducated, there would have been much willfulness, obstinacy, 
nd perhaps sensuality exhibited. Analyzed, her head and 
ace exhibit the following organs conspicuously developed — 
I'irmness, Approbativeness, Caution, Ideality, Sublimity, Con- 
cientiousness. Language, Agreeableness, and tho&e of the 
>ack-head generally. 

Rosa Bonheur shows a higher forehead, ^ more meditative 
[isposition of mind than her associate ; her head is broader in 
^onstructiveness. Sublimity, Ideality, and the crown, and more 
irominent in the region of Benevolence, Veneration, and Spir- 
tuality than that of the latter. In a social point of view, 
^'heodosia shows more ardent feeling, more intensity of emo- 
ion. The latter had more sympathy for general society, en- 
ered enthusiastically into its ergoyments ; the former finds her 
lighest enjoyment in a life of serene retirement with a limited 
ircle of friends and at her easel. 




COMPAKATIVE PhTSIOGNOMT— PORTRAITS OF A LlON AND MaN. 

" What They Say."— Notices of the Press. 



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ing opinions by what others say. And it 
requires everybody to know everything 
and to do everytliing. A great book, like 
a great public work, is, or should be, the 
culmination of all past knowledge in that 
interest. Webster's Dictionary contains 
the gist of all preceding dictionaries. The 
electric telegraph was suggested centuries 
ago, and all mankind, dead and living, 
have contributed to its establishment. So 
the newspaper press throughout the world 
may be said to echo the voice of the people. 
The Philadelphia Press says : 

Mr. Wells lias put the thought, 
the practical experience, the close observ- 
ation, and the professional collection of a 
life-time into this important physiological 
work. He treats, as Lavater did, of Physi- 
ognomy, shows its harmony with Phre- 
nolog}', and explains, to elucidate both 
sciences, the whole structure of the human 
body. He treats of temperaments, and 
contrasts the separate features of various 
human races, showing also how character 
is affected hy climate. Very curious, too, 
are his illustrations of comparative Physi- 
ognomy, showing the animal types of the 
humau"race. The price of the work is $5. 

A familiar chapter on Phrenol- 
ogy is introduced, and then follows one 
on the anatomy of the face, with a close 
analysis of each feature. First, the chin. 
No one will dispute Mr. Wells as to the 
infinite variety of chins ; but we are sure 
many will be startled to hear that this un- 
pretending terminus of the face has been 
quietly telling their love secrets. The 
jaws and teeth also tell their own tales of 
character. "The closest mouth can hide 
no secrets from the physiognomist." — The 
Anti-Slavery Standard. 



The treatise of Mr. Wells, whi( 
is admirably printed and profusely ilh 
trated, is probably the most compk 
hand-book upon the subject in the la 
guage. It contains a synopsis of the h 
tory of Pliysiognomy, 'with notices of 
the different systems which have been pi 
mulgated, and critical examinations of t 
ej'es, the noses, the mouths, the ears, a 
the brows of many distinguished and no' 
rious characters. — Neio York Tribunt. 

It contains a treatise on eve: 
feature and whatever indicates pecnliari 
of character, the knowledge of which i 
quires appropriate education to bring in 
subjugation and be made to answer a goi 
end, without which it would mar and i 
jure tlie pleasures of life. All who c; 
afford to possess this compendium w 
have value received for the expense. — Ni 
York Christian Intelligencer. 

It is a digest of Ethnology, 
gives us the symptomatology of insanit 
it treats of Physiology and llygiene, an 
incidentally, of Zoology. The chapter ( 
the grades of intelligence is instructiv 
and that on comparative Physiognomy 
exceedingly entertaining. — American Ed 
cational Monthly. 

There are very few men or W' 
men who do not, consciously or unco 
sciously, practice Physiognomy every di 
of their lives. They may ridicule the id 
that the shape of a man's head, the confi 
uration of his nose, or the appearance 
his eyes, furnish any guide to an estima 
of his character or disposition, and j'et tl 
man of business will refuse an applica 
employment because his glance is restle 
and uneasy instead of firm and decide( 
and every lady will quietly but quick 
form her judgment regarding the gentl 
man who may be presented to her at x 
evening party.— iVet^; York Times. 




Resemblance bet'wtien the Fox and Man Illttstbated. 



However some may be disposed 

to sneei- at the claims of Physiognomy to 
rank among sciences, the most persistent 
of tliera will guage much of his action in 
his intercourse with his fellow men by 
facial signs. That certain facial signs in- 
dicate peculiarities of character can scarce- 
ly he doubted. Mr. Wells records the re- 
sult of observations of others as Avell as his 
own; does full justice, even where he dif- 
fers from them, to the views of his prede- 
cessors, and with great industry and faith- 
fulness to facts, builds up his system. 
He exhausts the subject and its cognate 
branches, and displays a masterly power 
of analysis and generalization. It is an 
important volume, and deserving of care- 
ful Btndy.—JVew York Courier. 

The work is thorouo-h, practical, 
and comprehensive. All that is known on 
the subject is systematized, explained, il- 
lustrated, and applied. A chapter is de- 
voted to Graphomanc.v, or character as 
revealed in handwriting. Taken as a 
whole, it is the most complete and reliable 
work on the subject we have ever exam- 
ined, notwithstanding that we claim an 
intimate acquaintance with Lavater's work 
on the same subject. — The Northwest. 

It is a voluminous and very com- 
prehensive work, taking the student by a 
thousand paths to a conclusion as to its 
entire correctness of theory, demonstrated 
by multitudes of the aptest illustrations. 
It is very entertaining and instructive, tell- 
ing the reader in little of great things he 
should further investigate. — Boston Gazette. 

As far as the study of the face 
can be reduced to a science, Mr. Wells 
has succeeded beyond any other writer 
or delineator oi character." His analysis 
of the different forms of faces, as in- 
dicating character, in the expression of 
the eyes, ears, nose, lips, mouth, head, 
hair, eyebrows, hands, feet, chin, neck, 
teeth, jaws, cheeks, skin, complexion, the 
laugh, the walk, the shaking of hands, 
dress, is fully illustrated by living and 
dead characters, besides numerous out- 
lines to guide and instruct the reader. 
Ethnology is fully treated by illustrations 
of the ditl'erent types of the human race, 
and presented in a pleasing and instructive 
form. — Milledgeville {Georgia) Recorder. 



It seems quite natural to expect 
that the various features of our bodies 
should express the qualities and powers of 
which we are possessed. In all ages the 
eye has been regarded as an index t-o the 
soul, consequently it is a popular mode of 
expressing the qualities of another to say 
that such a one has the eye of an eagle, a 
lion, or a cat. When we think of a people 
of one country as distinguished by its high 
cheek-bones, and another by its lengthened 
nose, and another by its thin or thick lips, 
and how each country as a whole has a 
mental constitution corresponding to its 
physical development, we see reason for 
believing in the science of Phj^siognomy, 
and how that which is true of nations must 
be more or less true of individuals. Price 
$5, $8, or %V^.— Scottish American. 

The illustrations constitute the 
most essential part of a work like this. This 
is especially evident in the chapter on 
"Comparative Physiognomy," in which the 
i-esemblance bi'twecn certain classes of men 
and corresponding animals is strikingly ex- 
hibited in the cuts. — Methodist. 

The author properly considers 
Physiognomy as the outward expression 
of the inner man ; it shows race, class, 
original inclinations, temperament, and 
also the efiects of association and educa- 
tion. Close observation and long practice 
have given him accuracy in drawing conclu- 
sions from the peculiarities of the human 
countenance, and he has reduced his ex- 
perience to a system, \\'hich is amply set 
forth in this volume.— Philadetjyhia Times. 

Among those who have contrib- 
uted to it in this country, the author of 
this book is honorably distinguished, and 
we feel pleasure in bearing testimony to 
the conscientiousness and ability with 
which he has executed the laborious task 
he imposed upon himself. — N. Y. Herald. 

The principles sought to be laid 
down in this work are made sufficiently 
plain to the duUei^t comprehension, whil« 
theyai'e elucidated still more clearly by the 
aid cf over one thousand line illustVationB. 
The work is got up in the elegant stvle pe- 
culiar to this house, and we regard it as a 
valuable contribution to a science that &s 
yet is but in its iniaincY.— Jersey C. Timas. 



Samuel R. Wells' Publications. 



New Physiognomy" Testimonials. 




HE moet complete hand-book 
of Physiognomy in the lan- 
guage. — N. Y. Tribune. 

It is really a complete en- 
cyclopsedia of the subject. — 
iv. Y. Gospel of Health. 

It •svill form a text-book 

for Physiognomists and 

Phrenologists ; and senses 

to mark the progress these 

studies have made.— iV. I . Herald. 



By far the best work ever written on 
ihU subject. It cannot be read without 
instruction and profit, and it3 sugges- 
tions are of great value. — Chr. Inqidrer. 

It is worthy of very high praise. To 
road such a kindly book, puts one in a 
good humor.— iVeji) York Independent. 

Is a work of science, art and litera- 
ture, whose purity of tone will commend 
it to all classes of readers.— Wide World. 

All who can afford to possess this com- 
pendium, will have value received for the expense. — iV". Y. ChHstian Intelligencer. 

0'.ir extracts last week from this popular work, proved so acceptable that we have 
been induced to extend our approbation to some kindred topics. — Home Journal. 

This exhaustive and admirable work defines Physiognomy and shows its benefits. 
It ought to find its way to every private and public library in the land. — Herald of Health, 

Take such a volume as this, and every one must acknowledge that Physiognomy 
opens a wide field for interesting investigation. — JV^ew York Dauy Times. 

A work of great value. We particularly recommend it to ^xW'sX'&.—Philadelph* Press. 

We view it as a worthy addition to our library.— J.mencan. Educational Monthly. 

We cannot help treasuring the book as a highly valuable repository of practical wis- 
dom, and of vast use to us in our course of life and action.— iV", Y. Jewish Messenger. 

The best work now extant upon the subject of Physiognomy, and that it is the most 
interesting one of the kind ever published, cannot be questioned.— CAimg'O Even. Jour. 

It will take a place among the curiosities of literature and QciencQ.— Palladium. 

This work is well worthy of a lengthened notice ; but our space enables us to do 
little more than to commend it to the careful perusal of our readers.— /S^co^^is^ American. 

This the largest, and undoubtedly by far the best and most comprehensive work 
upon the subject of Physiognomy ever published. — Chicago Prairie Farmer. 

No one can read the book with any degree of attention, without deriving much bene- 
fit from it, and its thorough study would furnish one with a knowledge of the signs of 
character indispensable to success in any walk of life. — New Jerusalem Messenger. 

New Phtsiogkomy is a voluminous and very comprehensive work, taking the 
student by a thousand paths to a conclusion as to its entire correctness of theory, 
demonstrated by multitudes of the aptest illustrations. — Boston Gazette. 

Those who already love to study character, will find this work a delightful companion : 
those who desire to acquire an insight into humanity by its outward signs, cannot find 
a better guide than in the illustrated New Phtsiognomt.— PAi^. Sunday Times. 

It covers the whole ground more thoroughly than any book before issued. — The Field. 

The author has thoroughly popularized his language, and is at home in his subject. 
The volume is full of materials from which thoughts are generated. — Cin. Inquirer. 

In this volume, Mr. Wells, with a very full mastery of his subject, and in very plea- 
sant style, takes in all the methods of conjecturing character from external signs. Tho 
work abounds with suggestive and often very instructive statements. Its tendemy is 
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SELF-CULTURE AND PERFECTION OF CHARACTER. 

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COMPLETE i^ O^E LARGE VOLUME. 



" All are but parts of one stupendous whole, 
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Establishments for Paupers, Lunatics, Criminals, Children, the Sick, 
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different foods, the time required for digestion, etc. Among the subjects 
treated and analyzed are the following, in alphabetical order : 



Abstemious diet ; acidity of stomach, 
causes ; afi^ricultural laborers, average 
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tipplers, difl'ereuce between ; bees ; beet- 
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gent, containing gelatine or liquid ali- 
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stone, fleshy, leguminous ; frying ; fungi 
or mushrooms ; fur of tea-kettles. 

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Bubstancea ; gin ; ginger beer ; ginger- 
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of, fatty liver of, gooseberries ; gorman- 
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Haddock, the ; hartshorn ; hazel-nut ; 
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of the goose, the frequency of diseases of 
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CONTENTS 

OF 

The Illustrated Annuals of Plirenology & Pliysloguoniy, 



I860 



Introdnctiou. 

Physiognomy Ulaatrated. 

Debate^'in Crania. 

A Young Hero. 

Fighting Physiognomies Illustrated. 

The Color of the Eye. 

The Five Races of Man Illnstrated. 

Great Men used to Weigh More. 

A Word to Boys. 

Lines on a Human Skull. 



Andrew Johnson. 
Abraham Lincoln. 
Julius CiBsar. 
Character in the Wallc 
The JSlother of Eev. John Wesley. 
Character in the Eyes. 
Practical Uses of Phrenology. 
Stammering and Stuttering— A Cure. 
Lieut.-Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. 
The Red Man and the Black Man. 
Heads of the Leading Clergy. 
Heads of the Most Notorious Boxers. 



Names of the Baculties. 
Hindoo Heads and Characters. 
About Fat Folks and Lean Folks. 
Immortality — Scientitic Proofs. 
Thos. Carlyle, the Author. 
How to Study Phrenology. 
The Jew — Racial Peculiarities. 
Civilization and Beauty. 
The Hottentot or Bushman. 
Nursing Troubles. 
A Bad Head— Antoine Probst. 
Forming Societies — How to Proceed. 
Matrimonial Mistakes. 
Something About Handwriting. 
How to Conduct Public Meetings. 
Author of the " Old iVrm Cb'air." 
Rev. James Martincau, the Unitarian. 
I>r. Pasey, the " High-Churchman." 



A Brief Glossary of Phrenological 

Terms. 
Advancement of Phrenology. 
Circassia, and tho Circassians. 
Jealousy— Its Cause and Cure. 
Temperament and Natural Languages. 
Voices— What they Indicate. 
The Rulers of Sweden. 
Marriasre of Cousins— Its Efiects. 
George Peabody, the Banker. 
WTiat Makes a Man ? 
Senator Wilson, American Statesman. 
Bad Heads and Good Characters. 
D'lsraeli, the English Statesman. 
Young Men. 



Palmer, the English Poisoner. 

A Good Hint. 

Self-Relianco — A Poem. 

Our Museum. 

The Bliss of Gi\ing. 

An Almanac for a Hundred Years. 

The World to Come. 

Si^ns of Character in the Eyes. 

Where to Find a Wife. 

General Information. 



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Fate of the Twelve Apostles. 
Two Qualities of Men. 
Home Courtesies. 
Cornelius Vauderbilt. 
Languar^e of the Eyes. 
Phrenofo^ and Physiology. 
Brigham Young. 
Richard Cobden. 
Phrenology at Home. 
Major-Gen. Wm. T. Sherman. 
John Bright— With Pom aits. 



1 8 6 t'. 



Fronde, the Historian. 
Thiers, the French Statesman. 
John Euskin, the Art-Writer. 
Rev. Charles Kin^sley. 
A Chartered Institution. 
Signihcance of Shaking Hands. 
Wanted— Competent Phrenologists. 
Bashfulness — Diffidence — Timidity. 

Cause and Cure. 
Eminent American Clergymen. 
The Spiritual and Physical. 
Large Eyes. 

Ira Aldridge, the Colored Tragedian. 
Influence of Marriage on Morals. 
The Bones of Milton. 
New York Society Classilied. 
To-Daj' — A Poem. 



18 6 8. 



Rev. Peter Gartwright, the Pioneer 

Preacher. 
Victor Hu^o, the Romancist. 
Mies Eraddon, the Sensational Novelist. 
How to Become a Phrenologist. 
Monsieur Tonson Come Again. 
Mind Limited by Matter. 
The Two Paths of Womanhood. 
Cause of HI Health. 
Bismarck, the Prussian Premier. 
To Phrenological Students. 
General Business Matters. 
New Books from our Press 
Phrenology and Its Uses. 
Teetunomala fpom Distino^shed Men. 



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1. A3HATIVSNESS. — Connnblal love, affection. 
A. CONJXTGAi, Lovi:. — Uuion for life, pairing instinct. 

2. Parental L9ve. — Care of ofi'sprin<?, and all young. 

3. Friendship. — Sociability, union of friends. 

4. Inhabitiveness. — Love of home and country. 

5. CONTiNxriTY.— Application, consecntiveneBS. 



E. 

6. 

7. 



10. 
11. 
12. 
13. 
14. 
15. 
16. 
17. 
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19: 
20. 
21, 
B. 
22, 
23. 
24. 



ViTATiVENBSS.— Clinging to life, tenacity. 

CoMBATiVENESS. — Defense, courage. 

Destructiveness. — Esecutivenes^s. 

Alimentiveness.— Appetite for food, etc. 

Acquisitiveness.— Frugality, economy. 

Secretiveness.— Self-control, policy. 

Cautiousness.— Guardedness, safety. 

Approeativeness.— Love of applause. 

Selp-Esteem.— Self-respect, dignity. 

Firmness.— Stability, perseverance. 

Conscientiousness. — Sense of right. 

Hope. — Expectation, anticipation. 

Spiritualitt. — Intuition, prescience. 

Veneration —Worship, adoration. 

Benevolence. — Sympathy, kindness. 

Constructiveness. — Ligenuity, tools. 
, Ideality.— Ta^ie, love of beauty, poetry. 

SuBLi mitt.— Love of the grand, vast. 
, Imitation,— Copying, aptitude. 

Mirth.— Fmi,wit, ridicule, facetiousness. 
, iNDiYiDnALiTT.— Observation, to see. 



25. Form.— Memory, shape^ looks, persons. 

26. Size. — Measurement of quantity, 

27. Weight. — Control of motion, balancing. 
38. Color. — Discernment, and love of color. 

29. Order. — Method, system, going by rule. 

30. Calculation.— Mental arithmetic. 

31. Locality. — Memory of place, position. 

32. Eventuality. — Memory of facts, events. 

33. Time.— Telling when, time of day, dates. 

34. Tune. — Love of music, singing. 

35. Language. — Expression by words, acts. 
Causality. — Planning, thinking. 
Comparison.— Analysis, inferring. 

Human Nature. — Sagacity. 
Suavity. — Pleasantness, blandness . 



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y and its 




Phrenology is the most useful of all modem discoveries ; for while others enhance 
'Jreature comforts mainly, this Science teaches life and its laws, and unfolds human 
ature in all its aspects. Its fundamental doctrine is, that each mental faculty is ex- 
ercised hy means of a portion of the brain, called its organ, the size and quality of 
which detennine Its power. It embodies the only true Science of Mind and philoso- 
phy of human nature ever divulged. It analyzes all the human elements and functions, 
thereby showing of what materials we are composed, and how to develop them. 

PuKENOLOGT shows how the bodily conditions influence mind and morals— a most 
eventful range of truth. It teaches the true system of Education, shows how to classify 
pupils, to develop and discipline each faculty separately, and all collective'^y, into as per- 
fect beings as our hereditary faults will allow. Indeed, to Phrenology aud Physiology 
mainly is the world indebted for its modern educational improvements, and most of its 
leaders in this department are phrenologists. 

Phrenology teaches parents for what occupation in life their children are best 
adapted, and in which they can, and can not, be successful and happy. It also teachea 
parents the exact characteristics of children, and thereby how to manage and govern 
them properly ; to what motives or faculties to appeal, and what to avoid , what desires 
to restrain, and what to call into action, etc. 

Phrenology and Physiognomy teach us our feUow-men ; disclose then real charac- 
ter; tell us whom to trust and mistrust, whom to select and reject for specific places 
and stations ; enable mechanics to choose apprentices who have a particular knack or 
talent for particular trades ; show us who will, and wiU not, make us warm and perpet- 
ual friends, and who are, and are not, adapted to become partners in business. More, 
they even decide, beforehand, who can, and who can not, live together aflectionat.ely and 
happily in wedlock, and on what points differences will be most likely to arise. 

Most of all. Phkenoi<ogy and Physiology teach us our own selves ; ■ )iir faults, and 
DOW to obviate them ; our excellences, and how to make the most of them ; our proclivi- 
ties to virtue and vice, and how to nurture the former and avoid provocation to the lattar. 



TESTS RfSONIALS. 

If the opinions of learned and eminent professional men, both in Europe and America, 
in regard to the truth and utility of Phrenology be of any account, then the following 
testimonials should have some weight with unbiased readers. 



Let man confine himself to tbe 
phenomena of nature, regardless of the 
dogmas of metaphysical subtilty; let him 
utterly abandon speculative supposition 
for positive facts, and he will then be able 
to apprehend the mysteries of organization. 
—Dr. Gall. 

While I was unacquainted with 
the facts on which it is founded, I scoffed, 
with many others, at the pretensions of the 
new philosophy of mind as promulgated by 
Dr. Gall, and now known by the term of 
Phrenology. Having been disgusted with 
the uselessness of w-hat I had listened to in 
the University of Edinburgh (on mental 
Bcience), I became a zealous student of 
what I now conceive to be the truth. Dai- 



ing the last twenty years 1 have lent my 
aid in resisting a torrent cf ridicule and 
abuse, and have lived to see liie true philos- 
ophy of mind establishing itself wherever 
talent is fotmd capable of 'Estimating its 
immense value.— Sir G. S. Mackenzie, 
Precedent of the Royal Socmty, Ediriburgh. 

For more than thirteen years I 
have paid some attention lo Phrenology, 
and I beg to state, the more deeply I in- 
vestigate it, the more I am convinced of the 
truth of the science. I have examined it 
in connection with the anatomy of the 
brain, and find it beautifullj ,o harmoTiize. 
I have tested the truth of it on nnmerous 
hidividuals, whose character^ it oufolded 
wit** '\ccuracy and precision. For the Ijwt 



ten years I have taught Phrenology pub- 
licly, in connection vrith Anatomy and 
Phyeiology, mm have no hesitation in 
stating that, in my opinion, it ie a Bcience 
founded on trath, and capable of being ap- 
plied to many practical and useful purposes. 
—Robert Hctnter, M.D., Professor of 
Anatomy, University^ Olasgow. 

I have great pleasure in stating 
ny fir:::!, belief in the truth and great prac- 
tical utility of Phrenology. This belief is 
the result of the most thorough investiga- 
tion, and was proved by evidence that to 
my mind seemed almost, if not altogether 
irresistible. — James Shannon, President 
q- Bacon College, Ky., Prof. Mental and 
Moral Science. 

As far as twelve years' observa- 
tion and study entitle me to form any 
'ludgment, I not only consider Phrenology 
the true science of mind, but also as the 
only one that, with a sure success, may be 
applied to the education of children and to 
the treatment of the insane and criminals. 
C. Otto, M.D., Professor of Medicine in 
the University of Copenhagen. 

I candidly confess that until I 
became acquainted with Phrenology, I had 
no solid foundation upon which I could 
base my treatment for the ciire of insanity. 
—Sir William Elles, M.D., Physician to 
the ^^unatic Asylum, Middlesex, England. 

All moral and religious objections 
against the doctrines of Phrenology are 
utterly futUe. — AuciiBisnop Whately. 

As an artist, I have at all times 
found Phrenology advantageous in the 
practice of my art ; and that expression, in 
almost every case, coincided exactly with 
what was indicated by the cerebral develop- 
ment.— Geoege Rennie, Esq., Sculptor. 

I have long been acquainted with 
the science of Phrenology, and feel no 
hesitation in declaring my conviction of 
its tnith. In Phrenology we find the best 
exposition of the moral sentiments, and 
the most approved metaphysical doctrines 
heretofore taught, while it surpasses all 
former systems in practical utility and 
accordance with facts; being that alone 
which is adequate to explain the phenom- 
ena of mind. This opinion, I am embold- 
ened to pronounce, not merely as my own 
conviction, but as that which I hare heard 
expressed by some of the most scientific 
men and best logicians of the day. — Rico. 



D. EvAKsoN, M.D., Prof. Practice cf Phys- 
iology, R. C. S., Dublin, Ireland. 

No sooner had I read Dr. Gall's 
work, than I found I had made the ac- 
quaintance of one of those extraordinary 
men whom dark envy is always eager to 
exclude from the rank to which their genius 
calls, and against whom it employs the 
arms of cowardice and h}-pocri5y. High 
cerebral capacity, profound penetration, 
good sense, varied information, were the 
qualities which struck me as distinguish- 
ing Gall. The indifference which I first 
entertained for his writings gave place to 
the most profound veneration. Phrenology 
is true. The mental faculties of men may 
be appreciated by an examination of their 
heads. — Joseph Vimont, M.D., of Paris^ 
an emirxnt Physician and Author. 

I declare myself a hundred times 
more indebted to Phrenology than to all 
the metaphysical works I ever read. * * 
Mental Philosophy is a Natural Science. 
The human mind is the most important 
part of nature. It rests on experience, 
observation, and induction. It is a science 
of facts, phenomena, and laws. * * ♦ 
This science of mind is neglected because 
its benefits are not immediately apparent; 
its attainments are not capable of display. 
♦ ♦ The phrenological division of facul- 
ties of the mind is far more numerous than 
any other ; it looks to the classes of actions 
or functions mind has to perform, and finds 
faculties to perform them, as the naturalist, 
who could not find the ear of a fish by look- 
ing externally, looked from the lobe in 
the brain where the auditory nerve should 
terminate outwardly, and found it. * * * 
I look upon Phrenology as the guide to 
philosophy and the handmaid of Christian 
ity. Whoever disseminates true Phrenology 
is a public benefactor. — IIorace Mann. 

We deem it right to mention that 
Phrenology appears to us to be true, in as 
far as it assigns a natural basis to the mind, 
and that it is entitled to a very respectful 
attention for the support given to it by a 
vast amoimt of careful observation, and tha 
strikingly enlightened and philanthropic 
aims for which many of its supporters 
have been remarkable. — John Chambers, 
of Chambers'' EdirJ)urgh Journal. 

The more I study nature, the 
more am I satisfied with the soundnesa 
of pnrenological doctrines, —J. 3L4.CKt»= 
TOSH. M.A. 



yet examined a Bturdy disbelieycr with a 
head worth having. — Hon. John Neal. 

All my life long I have been in 
the habit of using Phrenology as that which 
solves the practical phenomena of life. Not 
that I regard the system as a completed 
one, but that I regard it as far more usefui 
and far more practical and sensible than 
any other system of mental philosophy 
which has yet been evolved. Cwrtainly, 
Phrenology has introduced mental philoso- 
phy to the common people. Hitherto, men- 
tal philosophy has been the business of 
philosophers and metaphysicians — and it 
has just been about as much business as 
they needed for their whole lives ; but since 
the day of Phrenology, its nomenclature, 
its simple and sensible division of the hu 
man mind, and its mode of analyzing it, the 
human mind has been brought within reach 
and comprehension of ordinary common 
intelligent people. And now, all through 
the reading part of our land, it may be said 
that Phrenology is so far difl'used that it 
has become the philosophy of the common 
people. The learned professions may do 
what they i)lease, the common people will 
try these questions, and will carry the daj', 
to say nothing of the fact that all great 
material and scientific 'classes, though tliey 
do not concede the truth of Phrenology, are 
yet digesting it, and making it an integral 
part of the scientific system of mental phil- 
osophy. — Rev. Henky Waiid Beecher. 

I speak literally, and in sincerity, 
when I say, that were I at this moment 
offei'ed the wealth of India on condition 
of Plirenology being blotted from my mind 
forever, I would scorn the gift ; nay, were 
everything I possessed in the world placed 
in one hand and Phrenology in the other, 
and orders issued for me to choose one, 
Phrenology, without a moment's hesita- 
tion, would be preferred. — Geokge Combe, 
Author " Constitution of Man.'''' 
We may also mention the names of the following prominent men who have accepted 
Phrenology as a true science, and in various ways given it the support of their influence : 



By this science the faculties of 
the mind have been, for the first time, 
traced to their elementary forms. — Robert 
C iA]VLESa«, of Chambers'' Journal. 

Phrenology has added a new and 
verdant field to the domain of human in- 
tellect. — Rev. Tuos. Chalmers, D.D. 

Phrenology undertakes to accom- 
plish for man what Philosophy performs 
for the external world— it claims to dis- 
close the real state of things, and to pre- 
sent nature unvailed and in her true fea- 
ture.— Prof. Bbnj. Silliman. 

To a phrenologist the Bible seems 
to open up its broadest and highest beau- 
ties.— Rev. P. W. Drew. 

Phrenology is the true Science 
of Mind. Every other system is defective 
'n enumerating, classifying, and tracing 
',he relations of the faculties. — Pkcf. R. H. 

SUNTER. 

If we would know the uath of 
ourselves, we must interrogate Phrenology, 
and follow out her teachings, as we would 
a course of religious training, after we had 
once became satisfied of its truth. * * * 
The result of all my experience for some- 
thing over two-score years is this : that 
Phrenology is a revelation put by God him- 
self within the reach of all His intelligent 
creation to be studied and applied in all the 
relations and in all the business of life; 
that we are all of us both phrenologists and 
physiognomists in spite of ourselves, and 
without knowing it, and that we have only 
to enlarge our observations, and be honest 
and true to ourselves, and these two sci- 
ences will have no terrors for us, and our 
knowledge of them, instead of being hurt- 
ful or mischievous, would only serve to 
make us wiser and better, and therefore 
happier, both here and hereafter; and in 
conclusion, let me say that I have never 



Dr. John W. Francis 
Dr. Charles A. Lee. 
Dr. J. V. C. Smith. 
Dr, McClintock. 
Dr. John Bell. 
Prof. C. Caldwell. 



Prof. S. G. Morton. 
Prof. S. G. Howe. 
Prof. Geo. Bush. 
Judge E. P. Htjrlbut. 
Eon. T. J. Rusk. 
Hon. Wm. n. Sewarl. 

Phrenology being true, it should be learned, and cordially embraced by all, and its 
benefits appropriated. It comes to mankind, not as a partisan or sectarian proposition, 
but as the voice of God revealed in nature to aid and guide mankind. 

Phrenological ,Toiunt,al Office, 3S9 Broadway, Ne%v York, 



Hon. Horace Greeley 
Wm. C. Bryant. 
*ton. Amos Deane. 
Rev. Orville Dewet. 
Rev. John Pierpont. 
Hon. S. S. Randall. 



The Utility of Phreio logy. 

" I look upon Phrenology as the guide to philosophy and the handmaid of Chris- 
tianity."— Horace Mann. 

To one unacquainted with the nature of Phrenology this 
may seem an exalted assumption. The experienced philan- 
thropist and educator, however, knew well of what he was 
speaking, and his earnest tribute is warranted by facts. The 
science we advocate is regenerative and beneficent. It is a 
great good to man, individually and socially. To be specific, we 
will state some of the particulars in which Phrenology is useful. 

It is useful because it presents the only sure basis upon which 
character and disposition may be interpreted, errors pointed 
out, and methods of reformation prescribed. 

It is useful because practical in its adaptations. It consid- 
ers the human organization as it exists ; where there is a lack 
of harmony it indicates the source of that lack, and the means 
of improvement by employing counteracting influences, 
already in the organization, which have been neglected. 

It enables the parent to understand the natural character 
istics of her child, and to intelligently unfold its budding mind. 

It e-nables the teacher to analyze the temperaments and 
cerebral capacities of his pupils, and properly classify them, 
and so to adapt his instruction that they shall make the best 
progress commensurate with their several abilities. 

Its utility is further seen in the assistance it renders to 
young men who would select pursuits in life best suited to 
their natural capabilities ; relieving them of uncertainty and 
hesitation with respect to this important subject, and giving 
them assurance of ultimate success. 

Phrenology is of great importance to the merchant or man- 
ufacturer, or any who require skillful and intelligent aid in the 
prosecution of enterprises. It enables them to select with con- 
fidence those persons whose service will prove of the greatest 
advantage, and thus obviate the disappointment and embar- 
rassment resulting from incompetent help. 

It enables the business man to understand his customers, and 
to conduct his negociations more satisfactorily and successfully. 



Instructed by those " signs of character " which science has 
classified he can avoid the fraudulent and disao^reeable, and 
consort only with the just, honorable and the kindly. 

In social life, as in the individual character, Phrenology 
exerts a beneficent and reformatory influence. They who 
know each other best can best associate, and their mutual 
influence will be mutually improving. 

Applied to politics. Phrenology would operate as a check 
upon partizanship, and promote the welfare of communities by 
the elevation of honest and capable men to positions of trust. 
Intelligent men, however strongly imbued by party feelings, 
are not likely to sanction the election to an office of a candidate 
whom they know to be altogether incapable of discharging its 
duties. They would have their public servants competent to 
meet the requisitions of oflice, because their own personal inter- 
ests are concerned ; and they would advance those interests 
not depreciate them. 

Phrenology furnishes correct data by which those who have 
the care of the insane and vicious in- hospitals and in prisons, 
may be guided, and confidently expect good results. 

In general society the use of Phrenology tends to insj^ire 
closer intimacy, cordial sympathy, and a more liberal spirit. 
The rough and disagreeable man knowing his disposition to be 
thoroughly understood by others would endeavor to modify it, 
and so gradually become gentle and courteous. The pompous 
and domineering man, finding little encouragement for his 
peculiar characteristics among those w^hose good opinion he 
would have, would seek to check his loftiness and cultivate 
the spirit of conformity ; while the diffident and weak w^ould 
find encouragement and gain confidence and self-reliance. 

By the adaptation of Phrenological principles to his avoca- 
tion the clergyman would be enabled to do his onerous duties 
better, and the benevolent man would be instructed in dispens- 
ing his bounty. We fully indorse the statement, that, " Who- 
ever disseminates true Phrenology is a public benefactor." 



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SPECIAL OBJECTS OF THE JOURNAL. 



Anthropology; or, the Science 
of Man, considered Physically. Intel- 
lectually, and Spiritually, forms a 
leading feature in the Journal. 

Phrenology — the Brain and its 

Functions ; the location of the difterent 
groups — social, selfish, perceptive, reflec- 
tive, moral— and their respective organs, 
with the othce or function of each, is given, 
with directions How to Cultivate the 
Memory, and to improve the mind. 

Physiology — the Temperaments; 
Dietetics ; Exercise ; Bodily Growth ; 
Hours of Study and Sleep ; Laws of Life, 
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at Home," on H3'gienic principles. 

Physiognomy ; or, the Science of 
Expression" in the Human Face, Voice, 
Walk, Action, with other Signs of Charac- 
ter, and "How to Eead Them." If one 
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Psychology ; or, " the Science 
of the Soul." The Immortal part, in rela- 
tion to the Here and the Hereafter, may he 
better understood and appreciated when 
looked at from our stand-point. We pro- 

Eose to give the History of All Religions 
ects andCreeds, in connection with man's 
spiritual state, growth in grace, change of 
heart, the better life, etc. 

"What to Do." The question 
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Success or failure ; riches or poverty ; fame 
or infamy; happiness or misery, depend 
on the choice of a calling, or the occupation 
in which a person engages. One may 
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another in divinity; one is inventive; 
another prefers agriculture, commerce, 
mechanism, or manufacturing. Phrenology 
" puts the right man in the right place." 

Marriage. " Be ye not un- 
equally yoked.'' Temperament indicates 

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■S^ ^— il . 



who are and who are not adapted to each 
other in this relation. Phrenology dis- 
closes the natural disposition of " each, 
enabling the parties to know in advance 
what to expect, and how to conform where 
difierences exist. Why not consult it ? 

Children. The right education 
and proper training of children is vantly 
important. The usual methods are faulty. 
Lives are often sacrificed by too close con- 
finement to books and to brain work. 
Children should be classified by teachers 
acc«rdiiTg to temperament, constitution, 
and capacity. They should be gaverned 
according to organization and disposition. 
Our science atfords the only means by 
which to aiTive at correct conclusions 
concerning; temperament, disposition, char- 
acter, tendency, and innate capability. 

The Criminal, the Insane, the 
Imbecile, the Idiotic, the Inebriate, the 
Pauper, and the Vagrant should be classi- 
fied, employed, trained, educated, and 
developed according to their several char- 
acters. Allmaj'be i7)iprored • some, made 
self-supporting. Phrenology and Phvsi- 
olog}' should be understood and applied by 
those having charge of these classes. 

Finally. Our public men, ser- 
vants of trust, our preachers and our 
teachers, ought to be chosen or selected 
with reference to their constitutional fit- 
ness for the several posts to be filled. 
Neglect of this important principle gets 
communities into quarrels, contentions, 
confusion. Ignoranc'e and corruption com- 
bine to put thieves in places of trust. We 
have perverted and dissipated gamblers 
and pot-house politicians A^ here we should 
have statesmen. A thorough knowledge of 
Phrenology would serve to correct tliese 
evils. T.O disseminate such knowledge is 
one of the objects of The Phrenological 
Journal. Our writers are among the 
foremo^. in science, philosophy, literature, 
art, and education. The editor rides no 
hobby; is tied to no ism, ology. or party. 
Man is his theme : the world is his field, 
and with God for his guide, he will work 
for'the improvement and elevation of the 
one, and the approval of the other. 



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